Opinion
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A Student About to Graduate Ponders the Question, What’s Next?
While travel restrictions close some doors, online courses open others. For a student about to complete her B.A., a routine…
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How International Relations, an ‘American’ Discipline, Is Taught in the Arab World
International relations theories do not travel seamlessly across borders. A forum of Arab scholars examines how the discipline is studied…
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The Pros and Cons of Online University Learning
A Saudi woman student of English Literature who does not like cameras finds some unexpected benefits to online learning as…
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For Scientists, Failure Is a Motivating Force
A panel of Arab scientists recently discussed why failure should be embraced, not feared, as a necessary step on the…
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Crime Fiction From the Maghreb: Not So Hidden After All
Who says the genre barely exists in the region? A little detective work turns up plenty of fictional bodies in…
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Why the World Urgently Needs Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Making
Covid-19 is the perfect example of a complex, global problem that requires scientists and policy makers to build bridges through…
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A Libyan Student Travels to Other Cultures, Virtually
A young woman in Benghazi met other Arab and American students in guided online dialogues organized by Soliya, a global…
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More Flexibility with Foreign Words Might Help Arabic Flourish
Using foreign terms in Arabic does not weaken or devalue it, a scholar argues, but rather allows it to develop…
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Making Prisons Visible: The Work of the MENA Prison Forum
The MENA Prison Forum, launched in 2018, researches and documents prisons and prisoners’ experiences across the region. Its resources include…
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Making Interdisciplinary Research Actually Happen
Scientists must work together across disciplinary silos to create a better future for the world, the authors say.
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