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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Opinion
The Price of Egypt’s Anti-Cosmopolitanism
The death of an Italian graduate student also speaks to Egypt’s attitude toward research, knowledge, and the international connections of…
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Tips & Resources
Cairo Book Fair: New Titles of Interest
Ursula Lindsey highlights some of the new books getting attention at the 47th edition of the Cairo Book Fair.
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Opinion
A Dispatch From the Cairo International Book Fair
Ursula Lindsey wanders through this famous cultural event and finds a stark reflection of Egyptian contemporary life.
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Tips & Resources
Recommended 2015 Books From and About the Arab World
Ursula Lindsey consulted scholars, critics and publishers to come up with a list of notable books by Arab authors or…
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Opinion
A New Moroccan University Press Aims to “Open Windows in People’s Minds”
The first volume of a new press provides an introduction to exceptional scholars whose work seeks to engage the public.
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Opinion
Arab Universities Often Silent in Debates on Public Space
Academic architecture departments are absent from important political discussions of the built environment in the Arab world, argues the author.
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Opinion
Studying Gulf Countries, their Influence and Divides
A new academic publication at the University of Oxford is taking an interdisciplinary look at the countries in the Gulf…
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News & Reports
The Door for Many Middle East Scholars is Slamming Shut
Scholars in the Arab region have always had to tiptoe around regime “red lines.” Now they say the situation is…
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Opinion
An Academic’s Hunger Strike for Freedom of Speech
A Moroccan intellectual has stopped eating, saying the government has blocked him from leaving the country.
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