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.
A Conversation With One of the World’s Most Influential Arabic Teachers
Students’ poor mastery of Arabic is caused by the poor instructional methods used, not the language itself, says Hanada Taha, the director of “Arabi21” project.
Academy Awards Fellowships For Improving Teaching
A new fellowship program introduces Arab teachers to best practices, and to each other.
A Research Victory in Bahrain, But With Limits
A research team managed to produce Bahrain’s first genetically modified animal, but a lack of funding threatens the research’s future.
Arab-World Archaeologists Must Avoid Disturbing Islamic Graves
Genetic analysis on skeletons of humans who died since the birth of Islam is almost nonexistent.
Who Defines “Excellence” in Education? And How?
A more inclusive approach to improving educational quality in the Arab region could be the best solution.
Need a Research Paper? Buy One in Bahrain
Buying ready-made research is spreading in popularity among students at the University of Bahrain. Punishment and education are two of the proposed responses.
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 Cooperation Council.
