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Model United Nations Experience Influences Higher Education Choices
High-school students who take part in programs that simulate U.N. debates tend to opt for hybrid university courses mixing science…
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Moroccan Academics Protest Plan to Give Ministry More Control
Lecturers at Morocco’s public universities oppose a draft law that would give the Higher Education Ministry more control over their…
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Maha Yahya: An Architect Turned Scholar Focuses on People
For Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, what’s interesting about architecture is how it impacts…
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![According to Idris, the fund was one of the richest government facilities, directly funded by the presidency under the previous regime, but it currently houses more than 1,500 students in accommodations that are designed for 600 students. (See a related article, “Sudan’s Revolution, Phase 2: Universities Seek Independence.”) In an official statement, Fadwa Taha, chancellor of the university, agreed that University of Khartoum students were living in “miserable” conditions and said the university should supervise their housing financially and administratively instead of the Student Welfare Fund. However, Ahmed Al-Bashir Muhammad Al-Hassan, director of the fund, rejected the proposal in a television interview, saying it would add to the administrative and economic burden on the university administration. Violence Against Students The university statement noted allegations by students that a murder had been committed in one of the dormitories, but it gave no details. This month, students at Omdurman University also said they had witnessed a murder when one of them was stabbed by three people who tried to steal his phone while he was walking from the university dormitory to his college building. [Enjoying this article? Subscribe to our free newsletter.] Demands raised at the sit-in included greater protection, such as fencing the university on all sides, placing guards at entrances, and preventing non-students from entering university housing. Rajia Fattah, a student in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies at the University of Khartoum, said female students’ housing suffers from the same problems as men’s accommodations and that many women quit studying. Although the problems are not new and date back to 2017, she said, they have worsened this year. “The situation is so bad that it has become almost impossible to study,” she said. “The only good difference today is that we can go out to express ourselves and protest, which was not possible in the past.”](https://i0.wp.com/al-fanarmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/164065123_143048074375666_7656227617221503713_n.jpg?resize=390%2C220&ssl=1)
U. of Khartoum Students Protest Violence and Poor Housing Conditions
University of Khartoum students protest unsafe conditions on the campus, but officials disagree over who is responsible for improvement.
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Fadia Kiwan: Born to Be a University Educator
As director general of the Arab Women Organization, the political scientist Fadia Kiwan is keen on projects that empower women.…
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‘Open Gaza’ Seeks to Reconnect Gaza Through Architecture and Imagination
A book and a project, Open Gaza brings together experts from many disciplines to envision a better future for occupied…
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Tunisian Students Protest Police Surveillance
Ten years after the Tunisian revolution, students protest against what they describe as increased police surveillance of universities
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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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President Biden Rekindles the Hopes of Arab Youth Seeking U.S. Student Visas
President Joseph Biden’s executive action ending Donald Trump’s travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries has more Arab students…
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Teaching Gender and Women’s Studies in the Middle East
Four scholars of gender and women’s studies reflect on the challenges of teaching gender politics in the Middle East and…
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