Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus sweeps through the Arab region, Al-Fanar Media is monitoring how it is affecting those facets of the Arab world that we focus on: higher education, research, and arts and culture. The Covid-19 pandemic has blocked students’ education, shuttered the art world, and revealed how badly the Arab region needs its own public health and research infrastructure.
With the lockdowns being enforced around the region and many individuals in quarantine, the public face-to-face gatherings that once fueled education and the arts have gone dark.
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News & Reports
Gaza’s University Students Drop Out at an Accelerating Rate Due to the Pandemic
The intensifying Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and the lockdowns due to Covid-19 are driving impoverished, discouraged students to…
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Opinion
M-Learning in Yemen: Mobile Phones Could Help Expand Online Education
Harnessing the power and ubiquity of mobile phones could help Yemen make online learning available to more students, an educator…
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News & Reports
Hospitality Education in the Mideast Stays on Course Despite Covid-19
The pandemic stalled tourism and deeply cut the revenues it produces, but students continue to enroll in hospitality education programs,…
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Opinion
A Survey Reveals How the Pandemic Has Hurt MENA Research
A survey of scholars done in the late spring and early summer that included researchers who study the MENA region…
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News & Reports
Despite Controversy, Emirati-Israeli Research Cooperation Has Kicked Off
The decision to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel angered many in the Arab region. Still, some…
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News & Reports
An Arab Film Festival in the U.K., SAFAR, Adapts to the Online Environment
The SAFAR Film Festival had to shift to an online format this year because of Covid-19. On the plus side,…
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News & Reports
‘Life Must Go On’: Syria’s Universities and Schools Prepare to Reopen
With Syria apparently experiencing many more cases of Covid-19 than the government publicly acknowledges, parents and students are wary about…
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Syrian Students’ Dreams of Studying Abroad Hit New Roadblocks
Syrian students have been traveling to Beirut for interviews and tests. That complicated and costly process has gotten tougher with…
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Floods, Locusts, and Covid-19: Somali Students and Universities Struggle
The novel coronavirus increased the burdens on students and universities in Somalia, where a wave of crises had already made…
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News & Reports
The Emirates Gradually Reopen to Arts and Culture
After coronavirus closures, arts and cultural institutions are beginning to bring visitors back while retaining the wider access of online…
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