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Calls to “build a knowledge society” have become a key feature of presentday development
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include activists, social critics, intellectuals, and feminists who aspire for izdihār (flourishing) …

This article is an in depth analysis of three public relations (PR) campaigns in the Arab
region that promote the slogans of “Hope,”“Life,” and “Optimism.” These PR campaigns are …

Presenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and
North Africa, Degrees of Dignity works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert …

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
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The chapter explores the impact of the global knowledge economy upon education and
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This study investigates the ways in which socio-cultural factors influence the propensity for
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This chapter focuses on the different meanings of culture and development in the works of
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