Ursula Lindsey
Ursula Lindsey has been the Middle East correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education since 2010. She was based in Cairo, Egypt from 2012 to 2014, and now lives in Rabat, Morocco. She writes about education, media, culture and politics in the Arab world.
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News & Reports
An Independent Historian Documents Life Under the Islamic State
On the “Mosul Eye” blog, someone living in the Iraqi city under Islamic State control describes the conditions for residents.
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How Teaching in English Divides the Arab World
Learning the language helps students get access to global jobs, but critics say it threatens the region's culture.
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Qatar Inspires a Writing Instructor Despite Censorship
An American writing instructor has helped start a literary community in Qatar. But last year her own novel was banned…
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A Potential Renaissance for Arabic Translation
In Arab academic and publishing circles, there is much talk and at least some action to get more scholarly works…
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The Arab World’s Tangled Linguistic Landscape
A generation of Arabs faces the growth of English-language instruction, the increased literary use of colloquial Arabic, and the fading…
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Report on Egyptian Science Has Broader Implications
Using nano-technology, chemistry professor Hassan Azzazy and his students have developed a new, cheap and fast diagnostic test for hepatitis…
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