Syria
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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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Opinion
Syrian Professor’s Plea: Make Us Part of the Solution
A Syrian professor calls for educational institutions in the neighboring countries to benefit from Syrian professors’ experiences.
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Opinion
The Lack of Academic Documents is Ending Young Peoples’ Dreams
In countries neighboring Syria, Syrian students who don’t have official copies of academic documents are often shut out of education.
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Opinion
Leveraging the Youth Bulge to Transform the Arab World
For years leading up to the events of January 2011, scholars warned of the dangers of a youth bulge in…
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News & Reports
Displaced Syrian Private Universities Struggle to Educate Their Students
The challenges faced by Syrian private universities encapsulate the difficult conditions under which educators and students are operating as war…
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Opinion
2016 Prediction: Individuals Not Governments Spur Educational Change
With the chances low for real change in educational policies in the region, the author believes informal initiatives may make…
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News & Reports
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…
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An Arabic-Language Bookstore Devoted to Changing Stereotypes
Two Syrians are trying to use a bookstore to present a different image of their countrymen and spread Arab culture.
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Tips & Resources
Bibliography on Syrian Refugees and Higher Education
A comprehensive collection of reports, research and news articles on the subject of getting Syrian refugees into higher education.
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News & Reports
Report and Video: Helping Syrian Youth Get Into Higher Education
A recent workshop organized by Al-Fanar Media in Istanbul brought together organizations trying to deliver higher education to Syrian refugees.
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