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ReportSaudi Arabia | Middle East

Review of Saudi Textbooks 2024-2026

Saudi Arabia’s 2024–26 curriculum continues its trajectory of positive educational reform, further strengthening messages of peace, coexistence, and critical thinking while reducing extremist content. While room for improvement remains, the report finds ongoing progress in...

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AnalysisMiddle East | Syria

In Syria, the Real Foreign Policy Is Written in the Classroom

As Syria’s new leadership seeks closer engagement with Western governments, its education reforms offer an early indication of the country’s future direction. This analysis examines what recent curriculum changes reveal about the regime’s ideological priorities—from...

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ReportUNRWA | Middle East | Palestinian Territories

Analysing UNRWA’s Response to the UN Independent Review (Colonna Report)

This IMPACT-se report examines the extent to which UNRWA has implemented the recommendations of the independent United Nations review, conducted by former-French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna following allegations concerning the agency’s neutrality and links to...

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AnalysisIran | Middle East

From Classroom to Conflict: Iranian Textbooks and the Ideological Roots of the US-Iran-Israel War

Against the backdrop of the ongoing US–Israel–Iran war, IMPACT-se examines how Iran’s national curriculum and school textbooks provide a lens into the threat the regime poses not only to the US, Israel, and the West,...

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ReportQatar | Middle East

Review of the Qatari 2025 Curriculum

IMPACT-se’s latest review of Qatari textbooks approved for the 2025–2026 school year finds that, for the fourth consecutive year, previously identified problematic content remains unchanged. The curriculum continues to promote religious superiority and intolerance toward...

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As Syria's new leadership seeks closer engagement with Western governments, its education reforms offer an early indication of the country's future direction. This analysis examines what recent curriculum changes reveal about the regime's ideological priorities—from attitudes

A recent analysis from @PeaceNewsNet examines school textbooks in Iraqi Kurdistan and argues that they could do more to reflect the histories and experiences of the region's diverse ethnic and religious communities, including Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, and

Every IMPACT-se researcher brings a unique lens to the study of education and society.

Asher Spekterman is a professional Arabic translator and researcher, specializing in Middle Eastern conflicts. He has extensive experience teaching Arabic translation and researching

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