International Journal of Comparative Education and Development: Volume 20 Issue 3/4

Middle Eastern post-conflict futures in education: Iraq, Syria and Yemen

Yasmine Sherif

“We are still here”: the stories of Syrian academics in exile

Tom Parkinson, Tarek Zoubir, Shaher Abdullateef, Musallam Abedtalas, Ghana Alyamani, Ziad Al Ibrahim, Majdi Al Husni, Fuad Alhaj Omar, Hamoud Hajhamoud, Fadi Iboor, Husam Allito, Michael Jenkins, Abdulkader Rashwani, Adnan Sennou, Fateh Shaban

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to generate insight into the experiences of Syrian academics in exile in Turkey; and second, to explore approaches to collaboration…

Yemen and education: Shaping bottom-up emergent responses around tribal values and customary law

Carol Webb

The purpose of this paper is to draw from up-to-date reports that outline the current situation for Yemen in terms of education and the socio-political context, and to address…

School block grants as a model of financial decentralization in Iraq

Swapna Nair

The purpose of this paper is to assess the channels of education financing as they exist currently in Iraq. It argues that the current model of financing is highly centralized and…

Conflict, insecurity and the political economies of higher education: The case of Syria post-2011

Jo-Anne Dillabough, Olena Fimyar, Colleen McLaughlin, Zeina Al-Azmeh, Shaher Abdullateef, Musallam Abedtalas

This paper stems from a 12-month collaborative enquiry between a group of Syrian academics in exile in Turkey and academics from the University of Cambridge into the state of…