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Saad Salloum Calls on Arab Academics to Value Diversity as the Basis of Unity
The Iraqi scholar, recently honoured for his longtime advocacy of freedom of religion and minorities’ rights, urges academics, politicians and…
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Ibn Rushd Prize Honours Lebanese and Iraqi Advocates of Religious Freedom
Lebanon’s Nayla Tabbara and Iraq’s Saad Salloum, along with their respective organisations, will receive the 2022 Ibn Rushd Prize for…
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Egypt Faces an Uphill Battle as Host of the Next Global Climate Summit
Carrying climate-action commitments forward while addressing new energy and food security crises is a huge challenge, analysts say, and Egypt…
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84 Million Youth Are at Risk of Missing Out on Education by 2030
Unesco warns that most countries will fail to achieve their targets under Sustainable Development Goal 4, to provide quality education…
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Legal Scholar Zeina Jallad Says More Women Lawyers Would Help Palestinian Society
The human-rights scholar Zeina Jallad calls for improvements in Palestinian legal education and more support for women in a male-dominated…
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Basra Feminist Team Fights Violence Against Women and Promotes Their Rights
Fifteen young women formed the Basra Feminist Team to fight stereotypes, raise awareness of women’s issues and generally improve their…
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Algerian University Authorities Promise an Investigation into Sexual Harassment
The head of the Algerian National Council for University Morals and Ethics launched the investigation after student groups raised complaints.
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Better Weather Data Will Save Lives as Climate Threats Increase, U.N. Says
As extreme weather events intensify, poor nations urgently need better weather stations to collect and share life-saving data, the U.N.…
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Britain and Egypt Agree on Climate Initiatives Ahead of Climate Summit
The U.K. and Egypt plan new higher-education partnerships and other collaborations as Egypt prepares to host a U.N. climate-change conference…
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Academic Groups Urge Global Support for Ukraine’s Displaced Scientists
International academic groups are urging the global science community to advocate for helping Ukraine’s displaced scientists and scholars.
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