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Education · August, 2007
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Stories about Education from August, 2007

31 August 2007

Egypt: Complaining for Change

Written by D B Shobrawy · Middle East & North Africa

Something I love about Egyptian blogs is our tendency to complain. Firstly because we're Egyptian and its our nature and secondly because we have so much to complain about. Among...

Barbados, Cuba, Venezuela: Literacy and Health Care

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

30 August 2007

Mauritania : Ignorance and Tradition

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Sub-Saharan Africa

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Generously endowed women are favored in Mauritania. The fatter the woman, the more beautiful she is thought to be. Being big is...

Singapore: Unlikely Allies

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia

29 August 2007

Iran:Crackdown on Professors

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon: Uproar at School in NY named after Khalil Gibran

Written by Moussa Bashir · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

28 August 2007

Sri Lanka: Education and Nationalist Doctrine

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Africa: Using ICT to promote culture

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

27 August 2007

Arabeyes: Just a Pretty Face

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Miss South Carolina's response in the Miss USA Pageant to a question on why a fifth of US students couldn't locate their country on the map was the butt of...

The Indian Ex-President Abdul Kalam was one of the many Indian scientists who stayed back and wanted this reverse brain drain. The media in the recent days has been playing...