A Palestinian Student: Transformed by a Liberal Education
A Palestinian student talks about her experience with liberal education.
A Conversation With the New AUC Provost: Rebuilding the Basics
Mahmoud El-Gamal talks about how he hopes to strengthen the core of liberal arts education at the American University in Cairo.
“The Greatest Adventure the Arab World Has Experienced”
At the American University of Beirut’s graduation, Rami Khouri, journalist and academic, spoke stirringly about what has happened in the last four years in the Arab world.
Conversation with Karma El Hassan: Driving Quality Control With Data
One of the foremost figures in the Arab world to use performance measurement to improve higher education talks about institutional research.
Egypt & The Liberal Arts: A Conversation With Khaled Fahmy
Khaled Fahmy, a historian who has paid close attention to recent Egyptian politics, turns his focus in an interview to the obstacles to critical thinking in Egyptian higher education.
New Institute to Offer One-Year Dose of the Liberal Arts
An unusual Cairo start-up offers intensive critical inquiry to help students discover their passions, sharpen their minds, and solve problems.
Why I Didn’t Go to Dubai
Khaled Fahmy argues that the lack of understanding of the nature and value of a liberal education poses the gravest danger to Arab education.
