BriefMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | UNRWA

Statement on UNRWA’s Response to IMPACT-se Report

UNRWA’s latest statement on our joint report with UN Watch, which reviewed institutional UNRWA- branded teaching materials self-produced by the agency’s education departments and schools, does not question the facts of the report. Instead, UNRWA...

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‘Frightening Antisemitic Abuse is on the Rise in Australian Schools’

The recent gut-wrenching story of the Jewish student at a Launceston school subjected to antisemitic and Nazi abuse is just the tip of the iceberg. For Jewish students, public schools in Australia are not what...

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BriefAfghanistan | South Asia

‘Will I Be Illiterate’? In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Girls Fight Back—Attend Secret Classes, Refuse to Disappear

The underground school in suburban Kabul began in July this year, one of 50 set up by women’s rights activists, months after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan disallowed school for girls studying in classes 7...

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BriefMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | UNRWA

UNRWA’s latest statement 2022

In respect to UNRWA’s latest statement on our report reviewing UNRWA-branded school materials, labeled for use in 2022, below is an executive summary. Given that UNRWA chose to reach out in its statement to IMPACT-se...

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BriefSyria | Lebanon | Middle East

A Forgotten Generation: Syrian Children Dream of Education in Lebanon

Amin and his family fled Syria ten years ago, when the conflict broke out. He was just a baby when they arrived to Jbeil, Lebanon. When he was seven, Amin first joined JRS’s activities. Today,...

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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

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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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