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3 août 2017

Vocational Education: A Neglected Solution in Gaza

Ahmed Khalid, 27, received his bachelor’s degree five years ago, prepared to work as a teacher. But Khalid’s career has taken a left turn: He is now a plumber. More...

3 août 2017

An Arabian Tree to Fight Cancer

Scientists in Oman’s mountainous interior are trying to use a national symbol—the frankincense tree—to fight the national problem of rising cancer rates. More...

3 août 2017

Diplomatic Crisis Over Qatar Worries Gulf Educators

On June 26, the official Qatar News Agency said Qatari students in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates had been prevented from taking end of year exams and refused graduation certificates, and that their education accounts had been blocked and their registrations closed. The QNA statement described the actions as “a flagrant violation of the right to education,” but did not give details of the students who were affected or where they were studying. More...

3 août 2017

Moroccan Researcher Follows Impact of Climate Change

After receiving a Ph.D. degree on the proper use of irrigation water in Morocco last year and finishing a training fellowship at NASA two years ago, Kholoud Kahime continues to study the impact of climate change on her country. More...

3 août 2017

Historical Wounds Are Not Healing in Tunisia

In late March, an old man dressed in traditional Tunisian clothes for the occasion shuffled up to a microphone in a conference hall on the outskirts of Tunis. He had come to speak about events in his country that took place over half a century ago. His testimony, and the testimony of others, re-ignited a virulent debate over whether the country’s national history needs to be re-written, how, and by whom. More...

3 août 2017

Cairo University Fights Sexual Harassment

Three years ago, when a mob of law school students assaulted a young woman on the campus of Cairo University, American studies professor Maha El Said wondered why the school didn’t have a policy against sexual harassment. More...

3 août 2017

Palestinian University Graduates Face Harsh Futures

Unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza stands at 26.6 percent, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Unemployed university graduates comprise a disproportionate share of the jobless. While higher unemployment among university graduates is common in Arab countries, the proportion in Palestine is exceptionally high: around 63 percent of Palestinian graduates were unemployed last year. Of those who are employed, around 40 percent work in fields unrelated to their major. More...

3 août 2017

Program in Turkey Uses Cash to Encourage School Attendance

The European Commission has started supporting a new program that offers cash to vulnerable refugee families in Turkey whose children regularly attend school. The program hopes to support the school attendance of 230,000 refugee children. More...

3 août 2017

Refugee Scholarships Should “First, Do No Harm”

Advocates for young refugees have welcomed the large increase in the last two years in the number of scholarship programs allowing such youth to escape civil wars and attend colleges and universities. More...

3 août 2017

Rebuilding Mosul’s Library Book by Book

A campaign to restore the holdings of the library of the University of Mosul has received an enthusiastic response since it began three months ago. Professors, students and private donors inside and outside Iraq are contributing books and other materials even before government military action to reclaim the city from Da’esh (Islamic State) has ended. More...

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