15 minutes of Fame: Online Learning in the Coronavirus Era
An advocate for online education is concerned that the sudden shift to remote instruction will affect its quality.
Learning Remotely as the Only Resort: How is Lebanon Doing?
As Lebanon launches what amounts to a national experiment in converting both school and university education to online learning, an advocate of online learning tries to assess progress.
A Financial Crisis, Then Coronavirus. Lebanese Universities Could Still Thrive.
Lebanese higher education is caught between two crises. A scholar looks at how that’s likely to affect universities and offers suggestions for how they can prepare.
Umm Kulthum: A Tribute to a Legendary Voice of Egypt
The life of a singer much loved across the Arab world is told in a Western-style musical in London. Can such an adaption succeed?
Coronavirus: Universities Are Shifting Classes Online—But It’s Not as Easy as It Sounds
Universities trying to make a sudden shift to online learning face many challenges, including holding student attention, measuring student progress, and designing online interfaces that will work on smartphones.
Modern Architecture in Cairo: An Unsung Treasure
Cairo Since 1900, by Mohamed Elshahed, documents a vibrant aspect of the city’s heritage that’s in danger of being erased.
‘Talk to Me,’ Urges a Science Journalist Working in the Arab World
A science journalist who has covered the Arab world for six years discovers a stark contrast in communication when he attends a scientific meeting in the United States.
The Value of Creativity in the Mediterranean Cauldron
An Italian professor suggests that those living in the Mediterranean region take their natural tendency toward creativity as a philosophy and way of life and invest in it even more.
A New York Exhibition Unravels the Complexities of Contemporary Algerian Art
Waiting for Omar Gatlato, the first major survey of contemporary Algerian art in the United States, asserts the need to consider the cultural specificity of art from postcolonial nations.
New Cairo Museum Honors Naguib Mahfouz but Doesn’t Inspire
Egypt celebrates its most famous modern writer in the long-delayed museum, which finally opened last year. Visitors may wish, though, that it had taken a more engaging approach.
