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Learning to Earning: Forum Focuses on a Critical Transition for Youth
Four United Nations agencies recently convened a meeting in Jordan to discuss the skills young people need to transition from…
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Yemeni Scholar in Exile Studies Policies to Empower Women
Nadia Al-Sakkaf, a former Yemeni minister forced to flee her homeland, talks about her struggle to seek asylum and continue…
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Banned Syrian Refugee Communicates With Her Country Through Her Research
Rahaf Aldoughli came to the U.K. as a doctoral student on a government scholarship. Her status changed to refugee after…
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Libyan Academic in Britain Perseveres to a Ph.D. Despite Hardships and Disease
Jehan Alswaihli talks about the difficulties she faced after fleeing the conflict in Libya and the need for more support…
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Academics in Exile: Hadeel Abdelhameed’s Journey from Iraq to Australia
As the world observes World Refugee Day, Hadeel Abdelhameed relates how she fled a conflict zone and rebuilt her academic…
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U.N. Outlines 15 Steps for Helping Refugees Access Higher Education
A recent policy paper from two U.N. agencies has 15 recommendations for host countries on how to help refugees surmount…
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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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‘The Last Resort’: Documentary Tells the Story of European Refugees in Egypt
A documentary film recounts the little-known story of El Shatt, a refugee camp near Suez that sheltered thousands of Europeans…
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France Makes Yemeni Writer Ali Al-Muqri a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
Now living in Paris, the novelist and poet says he hopes the cultural honour will focus more attention on the…
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Israeli Restrictions That Hurt Palestinian Universities Draw International Rebukes
International academic groups call on Israel to drop restrictions that would limit foreign scholars’ ability to study and work at…
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