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U.S. Cuts Threaten Half a Million Palestinian Children
A former Mercy Corps economic director in Gaza explains how U.S. reductions in aid threaten the education of Palestinian children…
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A Scholar Says Archaeology Could Benefit Jordan
A Jordanian scientist believes archaeological discoveries could draw more tourists to his country. But he thinks support for the discoveries…
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Protests Disrupt Universities in Algeria and Tunisia
Months of strikes and protests by students and professors who want better conditions and pay threaten to derail the academic…
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Invention Could Ease Jordan’s Water-Scarcity Problem
A young researcher has developed a device to reclaim salty water that’s wasted during the purification process and reuse it.
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Rising Fees Make Students Quit Master’s Degrees in Egypt
Students seeking advanced degrees say that tuition increases at public universities are pushing some of them to give up on…
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Mental-Health Care on Arab Campuses is Increasing—Slowly
Some universities in the Middle East have added services based on Western models. Others offer no services at all.
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Saudi Cuts in Student Aid Leave Some Struggling
The government has not said when or how it will resume an internal scholarship program it suspended two years ago.
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Egyptian Team’s Dinosaur Find Is a Long-Sought Link
The remains of a new species found in Egypt may help solve mysteries about the last 30 million years of…
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The Arab World Turns to Its People for Solutions
New platforms seek to democratize problem-solving by tapping the wisdom of the crowd.
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Water is Scarce in Egypt; So Are Research Funds
The country’s scientists are devising innovative ways of dealing with declining water resources, but financial and other challenges impede putting…
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