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People stand on the rubble of a school destroyed in a suburb of the northwestern Yemeni city of Sa’ada, September 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters)

Yemeni MoE: Insurgents Confiscated Half Budget Allocated for Printing School Books

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Oct 25, 2016 | Middle East

Aden – Yemeni Minister of Education Abdullah Lamlas announced that insurgents confiscated half the amount allocated for printing school books of the state school. He also indicated that the books published had been altered to their own benefit which prompted the...

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A man (C) identified in the subtitiles as Al Karar the Iraqi gestures as he speaks at an undisclosed location in this image taken from undated video footage released by ISIS. Reuters.

Arabs between Silent, Active Fundamentalism

by Emile Amin | Oct 25, 2016 | Features

Cairo- The Arab world has recently witnessed many developments proving that the Arabic environment still preserve fundamentalism that’s supported by old extremism intellect. This state raises important questions which must be asked. For instance, how did people...

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A public school bus in the United States. REUTERS/Luc Cohen

British Schools in the Middle East, 100 Schools and 100,000 Students

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 3, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- The British schools in the Middle East are one of the biggest compounds for teaching the British curriculum. The group includes 97 schools in over 13 countries where there are 95,000 students and 6, 900 teachers. British nursery, elementary and secondary...

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Mohammad Thneibat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education in Jordan

Disputes on Amending School Curricula in Jordan: Ignorance or Fear of Change?

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 26, 2016 | Features

Amman-Amendments to school curricula in Jordan have raised disputes among several sectors, syndicates and civil society organizations over claims that the changes have manipulated religious beliefs by cancelling Quran virtues and Prophet Mohammed’s quotes under the...

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In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, a Jordanian teacher talks to Syrian refugee students at a school in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Alameen)

158 Thousand Syrian Students Enrolled in Saudi Schools, Universities

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Sep 19, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Around 158,000 Syrian students are currently enrolled in schools and universities across Saudi Arabia. In remarks to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, the executive director of Saudi Arabia’s National Campaign to Support Syrians in need, Mubarak Al-Bakr,...