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News & Reports
A New Beirut-Based Journal About Urban Change
Trying to spark a dialogue about cities and culture, a poet and a designer in Beirut weave their visions to…
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Universities Missing in Action in a New Egyptian Literary Wave
Egyptian youth are churning out a vibrant new stream of literature. But with a few exceptions, higher-education support for the…
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Opinion
A Journalist’s Advice to an Academic
The editor of Al Fanar suggests how lessons from cutting news stories might be applied to scholarly writing.
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Opinion
The Seven Pillars Of The New Knowledge Revolution
The Library of Alexandria's director says rapid changes in the structure of knowledge should also drive how educational institutions operate.
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Tips & Resources
Resource List: Arabic Literature and Translation
A list of projects that are translating key academic texts into Arabic and translating Arabic literature into other languages.
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News & Reports
A Potential Renaissance for Arabic Translation
In Arab academic and publishing circles, there is much talk and at least some action to get more scholarly works…
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Opinion
A Conversation With the Author of “Sex and the Citadel”
Shereen El Feki, an independent scholar, started out as an immunologist but has gone on to apply that science's systematic…
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Tips & Resources
A Gateway to Arab World Educational Research
An online database documents academic research produced in Arab countries about education.
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Opinion
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…
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Opinion
How ‘Al-Fanar’ Got its Name
When I first did an Internet search for news items in Arabic related to universities, the most prominent results that…
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