Opinion
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A Conversation With the World Bank’s Higher Ed Leader
The leader of the Word Bank's higher-education efforts talks about the institution's efforts in the MENA region and responds to…
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Arab Private Universities Could Drive Broader Improvements
Private universities could magnify inequalities and erode the quality of Arab public higher education. But they could also drive innovation,…
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Don’t Tell Immigration You are Studying Islam
A scholar studying Muslim-Christian relations had an unsettling experience as he returned home from his studies.
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Syria’s Lost Generation
University students interviewed in the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan reveal the nonviolent roots of the uprising.
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A Conversation With the Author of “Sex and the Citadel”
Shereen El Feki, an independent scholar, started out as an immunologist but has gone on to apply that science's systematic…
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An American Dean Develops an Emirati Cultural Lens
A veteran of student affairs moved to the United Arab Emirates and found that the profession was practiced entirely differently…
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Egyptian Education Takes a Step Backwards
A recent policy decision in Egypt is heading the country back to more specialized higher education, instead of towards the…
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How University Admissions Distorts Some Arab Societies
In many Arab countries, university admissions is forcing youth into careers that they have no interest in, derailing economies instead…
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Why I Didn’t Go to Dubai
Khaled Fahmy argues that the lack of understanding of the nature and value of a liberal education poses the gravest…
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How ‘Al-Fanar’ Got its Name
When I first did an Internet search for news items in Arabic related to universities, the most prominent results that…
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