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Learning Without Borders: Akrotiri Schools Lead Regional Standards in STEM Education

By Maria Andreas Christodoulou ~ AKROTIRI, CYPRUS (SOVEREIGN BASE AREA) — Under the sunny Mediterranean sky, Dhekelia's community calendar is filled with cross-cultural activity erasing borders—where British army wives, Cypriot villagers, and foreign residents...

Education on the Rise: Cyprus’s Breakthrough in World Rankings by its Universities

By Andreas Georgiou Kyriacou ~ NICOSIA, CYPRUS — The academic boom is sweeping the universities of Cyprus as they rise in world rankings, attract foreign students, and forge alliances that are enhancing the island...

Past to Future: Egypt’s Vision 2030 Beyond Time

By Yasmine El-Sharkawy ~ As dawn unwraps its golden shroud over the Nile River, its light reflects back onto new speedy motorways, metro lines,...

Celebration of Oneness: Festival That Spurns All of Cyprius

By Elena Charalambous Georgiou ~ NICOSIA, CYPRUS — Throughout this island nation of the Mediterranean, festivals are creating a brocade of oneness—where art, food, music, and culture overwrite schisms at the communal level and dance to celebrate universal human happiness,...

From Dhows to Bytes: Kuwait’s Cultural Evolution With Technology and Innovation

Modern technological progress is constantly redrawing the world's countries as the key to 21st-century growth and new-age modernity. In the Kuwaiti situation, such growth is firmly founded on a solid tradition, the archaic forms of expression reimagined in modern-day digital style. The interaction of past and present is forging an exemplary national identity symbolic both of tradition and growth. Previously, the dhow boat-making of the woodwork, ancient boats in the...

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes

Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents...

Symphony of Tradition: Dance, Music, and Story Enshrine Omani Heritage

Story, music, and dance are the colossus instruments of nationalism that draw rich inspirations from the history, geographical, and cultural origins of the country in Oman. The genres of music are vibrant and...

Learning Without Borders: Akrotiri Schools Lead Regional Standards in STEM Education

By Maria Andreas Christodoulou ~ AKROTIRI, CYPRUS (SOVEREIGN BASE AREA) — Under the sunny Mediterranean sky, Dhekelia's community calendar is...

Eat Local – Emirati Chefs Place Heritage and Sustainability on a Plate

By Noura Al Hammadi ~ Deep in the United Arab Emirates lies a silent food...

Voices of a New Generation – Emirati Artists and Storytellers Redefine Regional Identity

By Layla Al Mazrouei ~ Against the dusty light of evening over the Abu Dhabi...