IMPACT-se’s latest review of Jordan’s 2024–2025 national curriculum finds a troubling regression in content related to peace, tolerance, and coexistence. While Jordan’s textbooks cite the Amman Message and emphasize religious harmony between Christians and Muslims,...
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The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) newly introduced “abridged curriculum” for Gaza condenses the same radical, antisemitic, and violence-promoting content that has long characterized its textbooks. This report by IMPACT-se examines the new educational material, revealing that...
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IMPACT-se’s latest report uncovers informative changes in Syria’s education system following the takeover by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The new regime has initiated textbook reforms, replacing nationalistic and Assad-era content with an increasingly Islamized framework....
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IMPACT-se’s latest research, conducted in collaboration with INSS, examines the potential of a Pan-Abrahamic approach to transforming education in the Middle East and North Africa. The report highlights how regional curricula have long struggled with...
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As the new school year begins, countries across the Middle East have been undertaking ambitious educational reforms, reflecting wider social and political transformations. These reforms have not emerged in a vacuum. Curriculum changes have become...
Read MoreWe are pleased to share that IMPACT-se participated in the 5th Paris Conference on Education (PCE2026), hosted by the The International Academic ...Forum (@iafor) at Sorbonne University.
Bringing together scholars, educators and policymakers from around the world, the conference
In a recent interview with @dailystarnews, Shireen Huq, a prominent women’s rights activist in Bangladesh, raises important questions about gender ...and inclusion in education—from the stereotypes embedded in what girls and boys are taught, to body shaming in textbooks and the role
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
Where should education about gender identity and sexual orientation take place - in textbooks or through dedicated classroom programmes?
IMPACT-se's... analysis of LGBT issues in Israel's education system examines how these topics are addressed across both textbooks and Ministry of
A recent analysis in @the_hindu examines the gradual disappearance of political cartoons from Indian textbooks, prompting discussion about what is ...gained, and what may be lost, when visual satire is removed from the classroom.
Beyond cartoons themselves, the debate highlights
Last week a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between our partners at Monitor Impact and the @EmiratesScholar for Research & Studies in the ...UAE.
The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration in research, knowledge exchange, and joint initiatives, strengthening
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We are pleased to share that IMPACT-se participated in the 5th Paris Conference on Education (PCE2026), hosted by the The International Academic Forum (@iafor) at Sorbonne University.
Bringing together scholars, educators and policymakers from around the world, the conference
In a recent interview with @dailystarnews, Shireen Huq, a prominent women’s rights activist in Bangladesh, raises important questions about gender and inclusion in education—from the stereotypes embedded in what girls and boys are taught, to body shaming in textbooks and the role
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
