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.
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 Pan-Arabism.
A Conversation With Morocco’s “Pushiest” University President
Morocco has a need for applied-science research, said Ibn Zohr University’s president.
Lessons from Finland: A Conversation with Pasi Sahlberg
A Finnish education expert with experience in the Arab world suggests a less elitist and test-centric approach to education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Academic Corruption of Journalism
Belal Fadl, the Egyptian writer, recalls an interview he once had with Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, one of the most prominent Egyptian journalists and academics, and how it changed his opinion of journalism.
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.
