Opinion
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Gender-Specific Training Helps Women Entrepreneurs in Vulnerable Economies
SPARK, a development NGO, and UN Women are offering gender-specific training to help women entrepreneurs in countries set back by…
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Global Partnerships Are Needed to Strengthen Education for 80 Million Refugees
On World Refugee Day, the head of the Al Ghurair Foundation calls on organizations to find ways to forge new…
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World Refugee Day Reminds Us, There’s Still a Long Way to Go
This is not a day of celebration. It evokes some bittersweet memories, but also serves to remind the world of…
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In Palestine, a Young Man’s Education and Life Are Cut Short by Israeli Bullets
The death of her 17-year-old cousin heightens a journalist’s fears for her daughter’s future in Palestine under Israeli occupation.
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Explaining Palestine to a 9-Year-Old
An educator in Egypt realized it was time her 9-year-old daughter learned about Palestine. Here’s how she explained the situation.
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Why Yemen Needs More Support for Higher Education
Building a knowledge-based society will be crucial to Yemen’s recovery after the war, a Yemeni professor says. He calls on…
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Artists Respond to War as They Experienced It, at Home or on TV
A landmark exhibition in New York offers multiple perspectives on how the televised invasions of Kuwait and Iraq affected contemporary…
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Human Rights Film Festival Showcases Yemeni Stories
The Karama Festival, based in Jordan, uses cinema as a force for social change. This year it highlighted films from…
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2 Books Explore the Tricky Issue of Reform in Arab Higher Education
In a pair of recently edited volumes, experts gauge the current status of higher education and call for improvements.
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