A series of events planned to introduce Arab art to a New York audience has become intertwined with growing international outrage over the gruesome killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey early this month. More...

Tunisia and the region have been witnessing unusually high temperatures during the summer and a lack of rainfall in winter, which is taking a toll on agriculture and posing threats to food security, water resources, health and infrastructure, according to researchers. More...

Rarely, if ever, does an art exhibition not actually have any art on display, yet such is the case with the exhibition Past Disquiet, which was on display at Beirut’s Sursock Museum during August and September. More...

If the interest of donors in providing scholarships for Syrians has waned, the appetite of Syrian students for higher education has not. Many students say they need more support—academic and financial—to overcome obstacles and get into higher education. More...

The rise of Bitcoin—an online, international and anonymous currency—is causing significant environmental damage through the energy required to power the underlying computer systems, according to new research. More...

Egypt’s new academic year, which has just begun, has a new feature, with universities enrolling students in academic programs based on blended learning for the first time.
One high-profile example of this approach, in which students learn through a combination of traditional classroom lectures and online courses, can be seen at the American University in Cairo. More...

Two years ago Al-Fanar Media took a comprehensive look at the employment situation for refugees in three countries neighboring Syria—Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. In this report we seek to provide an updated perspective. In a related article, we describe new programs that encourage refugee entrepreneurs. Education has many objectives, but one of them, certainly, is employment. More...

As the employment market for refugees shrinks in the Arab region, many international organizations are providing entrepreneurship training for refugees in the hope that they might create their own businesses. More...

Across the Middle East and North Africa, citizens have become disenchanted with politics and government, according to a new report on civic engagement from the Arab Barometer, an independent research network that includes Arab universities and seeks to gauge Arab public opinion. More...