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
Turkish Academics Pay Harsh Penalties for the Failed Coup
Academics at Turkish universities, once among the most international in the region, face a travel ban and forced resignations.
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Opinion
Why Don’t Arabs Read?
Publishing statistics hint at low readership in the region, but many new ventures, large and small, seek to encourage reading.
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News & Reports
A Peek Inside Mauritanian Higher Education
Mauritania’s minister of higher education gives a glimpse of that country’s educational challenges, and how it is trying to meet…
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Opinion
A New Perspective on the Last Days of the Prophet
A Tunisian literature scholar looks at how the circumstances surrounding the death of the Prophet Mohamed have affected Islam.
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Opinion
In Algiers, Reflecting on Universities and Unemployment
Familiar themes and new insights rose in the discussion at a higher-education conference in Algeria.
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Opinion
Engineers and Jihadists: The Curious Connection
A new book tries to solve the puzzle of why engineering students are overrepresented among Islamist radicals.
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Opinion
A Long-Shuttered Moroccan Magazine Still Wields Powerful Influence
Souffles, a firebrand Moroccan cultural magazine, still influences intellectuals and attracts scholars fifty years after its was forced to close.
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Opinion
Online Media Expands, Digital Divide Persists
A new report on media in the Middle East documents television’s dominance and sharp differences in who has Internet access.
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News & Reports
Scholarship Programs Gear Up to Help Syrian Youth
After many years of delay, new scholarship programs are beginning to help Syrian students, participants in an Istanbul workshop learned.
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