Ursula Lindsey
Ursula Lindsey has been the Middle East correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education since 2010. She was based in Cairo, Egypt from 2012 to 2014, and now lives in Rabat, Morocco. She writes about education, media, culture and politics in the Arab world.
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News & Reports
Back to the Old Quarrel: Philosophy vs Religion
In Morocco, philosophy teachers object to religious textbook that calls their discipline “contrary to Islam”.
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A Moroccan Scholar Uncovers Hidden, Connected Histories
A New York-based researcher and music-lover studies the way people, identities, and sounds travel.
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New Insights On the Arab World: 2016 Books
Ursula Lindsey offers up a cornucopia of fiction and nonfiction in Arabic, English and French for an intellectual feast.
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Opinion
Funds Cut for Prominent Arabic Language Program
The U.S. government has slashed support for the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad, a renowned Arabic program that provides language…
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Calls for Education That Believes ‘Culture Is the Solution’
In Morocco, a meeting emphasized the need for more arts in school curriculum and for more facilities to train creative…
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Circles of Trust: New Insights Into Arab Youth
A consortium of researchers who have studied young people in five Arab countries and Turkey find that young people place…
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Opinion
Professor-Politician Puts Education On the Agenda
The first female head of a political party in Morocco is a professor, and a defender of the country’s public…
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Opinion
Deep Generation Gap: Arab Professors Vs. Students
Professors have long grumbled about the quality of students, and students about rigid professors, but the tension between them is…
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Opinion
In Homs, a “Battle for Home”
A young Syrian architect uses her hometown as a basis for reflecting on the larger social and political role of…
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Opinion
How Refugees Can Strengthen Economies
With the right policies, refugees can pump up rather than drain host country economies, scholars argue.
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