Rebecca Anne Proctor

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Rebecca Anne Proctor is an independent journalist, editor, author, and broadcaster based in Dubai and Rome, from where she covers the Middle East and North Africa. She is the former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors.

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Western Education in the Gulf: The Costs and Benefits of Reform
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    • Western Education in the Gulf: The Costs and Benefits of Reform

    Originally posted July 2010

    Educational reform from the West has arrived on a grand scale in the Gulf, particularly in higher education. American, Canadian, Australian, and British universities are being established throughout the region. In addition, Western-style methodologies and best-practices are being employed. Although there are considerable benefits to adopting Western models of education, such reform does not come without a price.

    February 23, 2012

    Juliana G-Mrabet

    Tertiary Education in the Gulf: "A Colossal Wreck, Remaining Boundless and Bare?"
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    • Tertiary Education in the Gulf: "A Colossal Wreck, Remaining Boundless and Bare?"

    Originally posted July 2010

    … “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away. [1]­

    – Percy Shelley

    February 23, 2012

    Lynne Walters, Tim Walters…

    United Arab Emirates (UAE): Flagship of the Gulf
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    • United Arab Emirates (UAE): Flagship of the Gulf

    Originally posted July 2010

    In an article in the Fall 2008 issue of The New Atlantic, the Doha-based Egyptian science writer Waleed Al-Shobakky, advanced the proposition that the center of creative initiative in higher education in the Arab world has shifted from the traditionally influential lands of Egypt and the Levant to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

    February 23, 2012

    Roderick French

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