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A Conversation With a Literary Translation Team
Two academics who collaborate on translations of Arabic literature into English talk about the joys and difficulties of their work.
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A Conversation With the New President of Menoufia University
Moawaad Mohammed Al Kholi talks about some of the higher-education issues in the news, and other important ones that are…
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A Conversation with Ayoub Kazim: Dubai as an Education Destination
The managing director of the company that hosts what may be the world’s largest number of branch campuses talks about…
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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…
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A Conversation with Farouk El-Baz: Finding Water in the Desert
One of Egypt’s leading scientists talks about his hopes for farming in the Sahara and the possible resurgence of scientific…
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A Conversation With Morocco’s “Pushiest” University President
Morocco has a need for applied-science research, said Ibn Zohr University's president.
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A Conversation with the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education
Iraq’s security problems are not preventing it from establishing new universities and ending “mandatory ignorance,” said the Iraqi higher-education minister.
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A Conversation With the Head of the Higher Arab Institute of Translation
Arabic should be the main teaching language in the region but needs to be modernized, says Inam Bioud.
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A Conversation With Tunisia’s New Higher-Education Minister
In a frank, wide-ranging interview, Tawfik Jelassi talks about the country’s efforts to improve its universities.
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A Conversation with the Head of the Association of Arab Universities
Sultan Abu-Orabi, secretary general of a higher-education association, talks about the region’s challenges and opportunities.
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