Young Arabs Don’t Want to Emigrate, New Study Says
Young Arabs face countless difficulties in trying to build a future, but contrary to many other reports a new study says most of them do not want to leave their countries.
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.
Five Years After the Arab Spring, Report Warns of New Uprising
With two thirds of the Arab population under 30, a United Nations agency makes an urgent call for economic and political reform.
New Report Strikes an Optimistic Note on Arab Education
The U.K.-based Commonwealth Secretariat ranks Arab countries as doing fairly well on Arab educational development, compared to their international peers.
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 now especially high.
Two Parallel Universes In Algerian Education
Students are protesting the confused route to master’s and doctoral degrees in the North African country.
Stop Sending So Many Young People to University
Vocational education paired with industry development is the best solution to Arab-region unemployment, the author argues.
Leaked Questions and Answers Disrupt National Exams
In Egypt and Algeria, students are cheating on high-school exit examinations using websites that leak exam information.
In Algiers, Reflecting on Universities and Unemployment
Familiar themes and new insights rose in the discussion at a higher-education conference in Algeria.
Who Defines “Excellence” in Education? And How?
A more inclusive approach to improving educational quality in the Arab region could be the best solution.
