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Saudi students study in the Prince Salman Library at the King Saud University in Riyadh (Reuters)
Debate: The fundamental challenge facing Gulf universities is an academic one
Gulf nations have been expanding the higher education sector to foster comprehensive growth across a number of industries, particularly those requiring a larger, better educated workforce. This opens the doors of higher education in the Gulf to both the private sector...Caption:
File photo of the American University of Beirut.
Debate: Foreign universities could be good for the Gulf
According to what some newspapers reported more than a month ago, the private education department at the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia was reviewing several requests from foreign and Arab universities for licenses to set up branches in Saudi Arabia....Caption:
File photo of the American University in Cairo.
Debate: Foreign universities could be bad for the Gulf
It is indisputable that the Western world is well ahead of us in the field of education, especially in higher education. After all, we are talking about prestigious universities established centuries ago, from Harvard University in the United States and Oxford and...Caption:
Demonstrators protest against the General National Congress (GNC) at the Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, November 9, 2013. According to the demonstrators, they were unhappy that the GNC had done little to help them and were demanding that fresh elections be held to choose another body to govern the country. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Debate: Libya’s path to stability will be hampered by Egypt and Tunisia
The situation in Libya appears to be deteriorating in light of tensions in the region involving Egypt and Tunisia, though Tunisia has managed to establish partial stability following the ratification of the Tunisian constitution. Escalating threats from Al-Qaeda and...Caption:
A man looks at a damaged car near a military base in Barsis, some 50 km (30 miles) outside Benghazi, after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army checkpoint December 22, 2013 (REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)