A computer scientist at the American University of Beirut is using artificial intelligence to classify the content of Arabic comics, applying the computer-based science to this cutting-edge art form in the Arab world. More...

Television broadcasts and newspapers frequently carry the stories of refugees’ suffering around the world. But a new documentary, Science in Exile, has an unusual focus:  It zeroes in on the situation of four Arab refugees who are researchers. More...

As dawn breaks in this city, the capital of the Puntland region of Somalia, hundreds of schoolchildren fill the roads, carrying bags and books as they head to classes to receive education that many of their parents missed during decades of civil war. More...

Six years ago, Ochwor Onak Okwier wasn’t sure if he was properly educating his students at this crowded refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Today, two years after completing a teacher-training program, he’s more confident. More...

Nasra Ahmed, 13, hasn’t gone to school this year. She wants to study. But she can’t attend classes because over the December holiday she underwent a brutal procedure known as female genital mutilation, or FGM. More...

Seven years ago, Mohammad H. was an Internet technology student, with the war in Syria erupting around him. But he stayed focused on his studies—until the day a stray rocket landed in the courtyard of his university during a math exam. More...

Often, a university provides a rare chance for a young person to access mental-health care without judgment or fear of family members finding out. More...