Critical Thinking
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News & Reports
Court Rules to Close Moroccan Cultural Organization, Causing Alarm
A judge ordered the organization Racines to dissolve. Advocacy groups protest the ruling as a chilling attack on freedom of…
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Project Seeks to Brighten Philosophy’s Image
In Egypt, a program known as “Philosophy in Plain Arabic seeks to dispel negative perceptions and explore the discipline’s connection…
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A Social Way to Learn About Arab Culture
A Lebanese social entrepreneur has created a network of informal lecture clubs and discussion groups in both Western and Arab…
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Opinion
A Tribute to Samir Amin, Egyptian Economist
The intellectual who died in August shaped some of the intellectual debate about why so-called developing countries do not make…
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Debate Clubs Catch on at Arab Universities
The clubs build critical-thinking skills and give students the freedom to express opinions in a structured way.
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Opinion
Want to Improve Teaching? Listen to Teachers
Isolated workshops led by outside experts fail to tap teachers’ own expertise, says a researcher working on models for Lebanon.
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Opinion
Two Caliphates Fall: Mosul Survives
The Iraqi historian who reported from Mosul on the ISIS occupation tells the story of how his home city outlived…
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Opinion
A Professor and a Preacher Debate Sexual Science and Morality
In Morocco, a professor of sociology speaks out against a religious sheikh’s unfounded pronouncements on human reproduction.
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Opinion
Sex, Lies and Scholarship
A journalist who interviewed Moroccan women and scholars of sexuality found a widening gap between private sexual practices and public…
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