Academics Uneasy About Honorary Degrees for Rulers
Awarding symbolic doctorates to political rulers has a long and controversial history at Arab Universities.
High-Flying Libyan Scholars in U.S. and Canada
Four winners of Libyan student excellence awards residing in North America have social missions as well as academic ones.
U.S. Selective Ban on Visas Shuts Out Arab Students
President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily blocking the citizens of seven countries from entering the United States could ultimately affect up 17,000 Arab and Iranian students.
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.
A Surprising Libyan Success Story—Cake
A female entrepreneur spotted a gap in the food market, and found a way to fill it, despite civil war. Can her success be repeated?
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.
Who Defines “Excellence” in Education? And How?
A more inclusive approach to improving educational quality in the Arab region could be the best solution.
Online Event About Evolution for Arabic Readers is Shut Down
Fourteen Arab groups organized an online event to help explain evolution, but the event appears to have been a cyber-attack victim.
Forgotten War, Forgotten Country, Forgotten Universities
Libya’s civil war has slipped from the international limelight. Many of its universities are closed: Others are struggling to start the academic year.
