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Overweight children. AFP file photo

Study: Childhood Obesity Soaring in Arab World

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Geneva- A new international study has warned that childhood obesity has soared across the world and continues to do so in low- and middle-income countries, including the Arab world. The study led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) said...

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Saudi Students in a class (AFP)

Video Learning for 50 Million Students

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 22, 2017 | Opinion

It is not strange that the most distinguished science and mathematics students are from the most developed countries in the world: South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other major industrial countries. It is also no secret that development and advancement are linked to...

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Saudi students sit for their final high school exams in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 19, 2010. (AFP)

World Bank: Reforming Education in Arab World Must Be Priority

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

London – The quality of education in the Arab world has dropped in comparison to other regions in the world, which demands immediate reform to tackle development needs and employment in the future, said a recent World Bank report on education in the Middle East and...

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Egyptians chant slogans as they march in downtown Cairo to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2013. Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a reticent society to confront “sexual terrorism.” AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD KHALED (Photo credit should read MAHMUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images)

Arab Women Break Barriers with Success

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Many Arab women in different countries have succeeded in breaking barriers and achieving accomplishments in many fields. On International Women’s Day, many stories of pioneering Arab women have emerged to highlight the special marks they have left in their...

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Medics inspect the damage outside a field hospital after an airstrike in the rebel-held area, Reuters

The Search for Syria

by Ghassan Charbel | Feb 27, 2017 | Opinion

Left stranded in the smoke of war, Syrians embark on the ultimate quest of finding a way back to national peace. They have relentlessly hunted down solutions for the six-year civil war in faraway lands such as Kazakhstan’s capital Astana and Switzerland’s Geneva....