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Al-Fanar Media provides balanced, accurate and independent coverage of all aspects of academic life in the Arab world. Dedicated to illuminating key issues in Arab higher education and encouraging dialo

gue among institutions, leaders, and other stakeholders both within and beyond the region, Al-Fanar Media serves as a platform for open and critical discussion. The publication, bilingual in English and Arabic, features new articles in a biweekly newsletter. Al-Fanar Media also works to inspire journalists in the region to cover education. Al-Fanar Media strives to be neutral and does not take positions on political or religious issues. The editors believe that freedom of speech is a fundamental building block of civil societies and that academic freedom is a necessity for the healthy functioning of academic institutions. We independently select topics for coverage and stories for publication, and never accept payment in exchange for publishing articles. Al-Fanar Media receives generous funding support from the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Open Society Foundations. Past donors include the U.N. Al-Fanar Media was launched in 2013 as a project of the Alexandria Trust, a London-based nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing educational access and quality in the Arab world.

The University of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom, provides the Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship to students w...
14/01/2025

The University of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom, provides the Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship to students who demonstrate ingenuity in devising solutions that will have an impact on their home nations and inspire change. This one-year scholarship is open to citizens of African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. In the Arab region, eligible countries include Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia.

For more Details: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/scholarships/developing-solutions-masters-scholarship-at-u-of-nottingham-in-u-k-2/

The Science@Leuven Scholarships programme at KU Leuven supports talented international students who wish to pursue a mas...
13/01/2025

The Science@Leuven Scholarships programme at KU Leuven supports talented international students who wish to pursue a master’s degree in an eligible science discipline at the university, located in the Belgian city of Leuven. This scholarship is particularly aimed at highly motivated students seeking to develop academic projects through research at the master’s level. Students from all over the world, including all Arab nations, are eligible to apply.

For more details: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/scholarships/science-scholarships-at-ku-leuven-in-belgium/

The CAS-ANSO Scholarship supports 200 master’s degree students and 300 Ph.D. students annually to pursue postgraduate e...
08/01/2025

The CAS-ANSO Scholarship supports 200 master’s degree students and 300 Ph.D. students annually to pursue postgraduate education in China. Citizens of all countries outside China, including all Arab countries, are eligible to apply. The programme, in collaboration with the World Academy of Sciences, UNESCO, and CAS, covers the full cost of attendance and provides additional discretionary funding.

For more details: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/scholarships/cas-anso-scholarship-for-postgraduate-study-in-china/

From all of us at Al-Fanar Media, we wish you joyous holidays and a prosperous New Year!
31/12/2024

From all of us at Al-Fanar Media, we wish you joyous holidays and a prosperous New Year!

About 25 years ago, a new model of higher education began appearing in the Middle East—branches of universities based in...
31/12/2024

About 25 years ago, a new model of higher education began appearing in the Middle East—branches of universities based in other countries. Today, these international branch campuses (IBC’s) can be found in countries across the Arab region, from Morocco to Oman.

Although branch campuses of international universities account for only a small part of higher education enrolment in most Arab countries, they have garnered oversized attention. Often, they are a lightning rod both for hopes of supercharging national higher education systems, and for criticisms of wasteful public spending on small elite institutions unconnected to a country’s other universities.

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/12/international-branch-campuses-spread-in-mideast-amid-concerns-about-costs-impact/

Fourth-generation universities, where professors and students work on real problems in the local community, are making s...
28/12/2024

Fourth-generation universities, where professors and students work on real problems in the local community, are making strides in the Arab world.

Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) is an example of this new model of higher education. Located in Benguerir, home of Morocco’s Mohammed VI Green City project, the university is changing the game by rethinking what a university can be.

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/12/fourth-generation-universities-changing-the-game-in-arab-higher-education/

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and an abundance of apps, it has never been easier to learn a foreign language. Y...
26/12/2024

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and an abundance of apps, it has never been easier to learn a foreign language. Yet self-learning can sometimes feel isolating and often lacks opportunities to put knowledge into practice. That’s why the Language Center at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) encourages learners to combine newer resources with tried and tested class-based activities.

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/12/language-learning-with-ai-tools-digital-apps-can-enrich-in-class-instruction/

«As I have mentioned in earlier commentaries in this series, religion to me is not about finding scientific theories in ...
11/12/2024

«As I have mentioned in earlier commentaries in this series, religion to me is not about finding scientific theories in our books of religion, it’s about drawing from religion the morals and ethics and the universal values of how I deal with these scientific discoveries, so I can live in harmony with my fellow human beings and with the earth around me».

In Part 4 of a series of commentaries on Arab science, Rana Dajani examines the role of faith in creating a framework for science that benefits all humanity.

Read the full article: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/12/science-in-the-arab-world-part-4-including-religion-in-science-that-benefits-all/

The American University in Cairo (AUC) has received a record gift worth over $30 million from the Sawiris family, which ...
08/12/2024

The American University in Cairo (AUC) has received a record gift worth over $30 million from the Sawiris family, which will be used to support excellence in business education, interdisciplinary research, and exchange programmes with top U.S. universities.

In announcing gift, the largest single donation in the institution’s history, the university said it will rename its business school to the Onsi Sawiris School of Business in honour of the personal and professional legacy of the late Onsi Sawiris, a leading Egyptian businessman and founder of Orascom Group.

The gift has been provided by the NNS Foundation, the Naguib Sawiris Philanthropies Fund, Naguib Samih Sawiris, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, and Orascom Construction. It will fund scholarships and research, establish a professorship in artificial intelligence and data science, and support visiting faculty and student exchange programmes with leading U.S. universities, including the University of Chicago.

Iraq is poised to reap a “demographic dividend” from its youthful, mostly working age population, census figures indicat...
07/12/2024

Iraq is poised to reap a “demographic dividend” from its youthful, mostly working age population, census figures indicate, and higher education has a key role to play in making sure this opportunity pays off.

Preliminary results of Iraq’s first national census in nearly 40 years show that 60.2 percent of the country’s 45.4 million people are in the working-age category, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani recently announced. What implications does this hold for the country? Could it mark a turning point toward a prosperous future, or will it exacerbate the challenges Iraq is already grappling with?

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/12/education-is-key-to-ensuring-iraqs-demographic-dividend-pays-off/

We are thrilled to announce that Nadia El-Gowely, Executive Trustee with the Alexandria Trust (AT) Board of Trustees man...
07/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce that Nadia El-Gowely, Executive Trustee with the Alexandria Trust (AT) Board of Trustees managing Al-Fanar Media, will participate as one of the Grand Jury members for the prestigious 2024 QS Reimagine Education Awards.

🌟 The event will take place in London from 9-11 December 2024, celebrating excellence and innovation in global education.

Stay tuned as we bring you updates from this significant event!

Women have achieved significant milestones in entrepreneurship. Recent reports show that women make up 34 percent of glo...
20/11/2024

Women have achieved significant milestones in entrepreneurship. Recent reports show that women make up 34 percent of global entrepreneurs. Universities and educational institutions play a crucial role in preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs, both female and male, by offering support, guidance, and fostering innovation.

In this article, Dr. Salma Soliman explores the various ways universities can offer essential support to students, enabling them to become successful entrepreneurs across different fields.

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/11/womens-entrepreneurship-universities-can-help-prepare-a-new-generation/

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday with calls for urgent ne...
14/11/2024

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday with calls for urgent new financial targets to fight climate change.

In his opening remarks, Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said it was in all nations’ interest to reach a new climate finance agreement to replace the current goal of $100 billion a year, which expires this year.

Read more: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/11/cop29-opens-with-calls-for-urgent-new-financial-targets-to-fight-climate-change/

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