News & Reports
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One Solution for a “Water-Stressed” Future?
A Moroccan engineer says desalination plants could help a country with no oil but lots of coast and sunshine.
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Iraqi Cheating Scandal Triggered by Militia Visits
Armed fighters showed up at testing centers offering the answers to questions. Some administrators chased them off. Some didn’t.
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The Twin Missions of a Moroccan Scientist
A Moroccan scientist turned an endangered tree into a source of income for cooperatives of women that sell its oil.
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Cairo University’s New Sexual Harassment Policy a Novelty in the Region
Cairo University adopted an anti-sexual-harassment policy to be put into effect next semester.
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Libyan Scholarship Program is Chaotic at Times
Students and university administrators tell of delayed payments and poor screening of those receiving scholarships.
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Democracy Texts to be Translated Into Arabic
A dozen seminal English academic books on democracy will be translated into Arabic and published in the Arab region.
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A Syrian Student’s Fragile Hope for Higher Education
Exams in exile help further young Syrians' education, but still the challenges do not end.
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Cairo University to Give $2.8 Million to a Presidential Fund
A generous donation by Cairo University to “Long Live Egypt” fund leaves students and professors puzzled
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Small Step In Curing the Big Unemployment Problem
One British university that is successful at getting its graduates jobs is touring the Arab world talking about its method.
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Egyptian President to Appoint Key University Administrators
The new Egyptian leader is going to make even more academic appointments than former president Hosni Mubarak did.
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