André Elias Mazawi is associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also an associate fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research at the University of Malta.Ronald G. Sultana is professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Malta, where he also leads the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. He is the founding editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies.

"A timely contribution to the field of international and comparative education…[this book] is highly recommended for courses in international and comparative education. Many of the chapters will make welcome additional readings for courses in the anthropology/sociology of education. Moreover, the book will be of value to policy analysts as well as education researchers planning on conducting fieldwork in the Arab region."--Teachers College Record

• 1. Editorial Introduction: Situating the 'Worlds' of Arab Education: Critical Engagements -André E. Mazawi & Ronald G. SultanaPart I: Contested Policyscapes2. Privatizing Education in the Maghreb: A Path for a Two-Tiered Education System -Abdeljalil Akkari3. TVET Reforms in the Arab Region: The ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ in Policy Development -Borhène Chakroun & Eva Jimeno Sicilia4. The Contested Terrain of Educational Reform in Egypt -Fatma Sayed5. Pressure Groups, Education Policy and Curriculum Development in Lebanon: A Policy Maker’s Retrospective and Introspective Standpoint -Nemer FrayhaPart II: Re-calling Voices6. Education and Ethnography: Insiders, Outsiders, and Gatekeepers -Linda Herrera7. Performing Patriotism: Rituals and Moral Authority in a Jordanian High School -Fida Adely8. Doing ‘Identity Work’ in Teacher Education: The Case of a UAE Teacher -Matthew Clarke9. To Educate an Iraqi-Jew: Or What Can We Learn From Hebrew Autobiographies about Arab Nationalism and the Iraqi Education System (1921-1952) -Orit BashkinPart III: Suspended Visibilities10. The Human Right to Education in Arab Countries: An International Law Perspective -Sawsan Zaher11. Inclusive Education and Children with Disabilities in the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States -Sara Ashencaen Crabtree & Richard Williams 12. The Teaching of Amazigh in France and Morocco: Language Policies and Citizenship Between Pedagogy and Power Politics -Abdelouahad Mabrour & Khalil Mgharfaoui13. Educational Provision and spatial Dis-[O]rientation Among Pastoralist Communities in the Middle East and North Africa -Steven C. Dinero14. Citizenship, Difference and the Schooling of Muslim Children in Malta -Louise ChircopPart IV: Knowledge Imaginaries15. Nationalism, Islamic Political Activism, and Religious Education in the Arab Region -Rukhsana Zia16. Higher Education and Differentiation Based on Knowledge: Algeria’s Aborted Dream -Hocine Khelfaoui17. Going International: The Politics of Educational Reform in Egypt -Iman Farag18. Arab Youth, Education and Satellite Broadcasting -Imad KaramPart V: Geopolitical Predicaments19. American Dreams of Reinventing the ‘Orient’: Digital Democracy and Arab Youth Cultures in a Regional Perspective -Omar El-Khairy20. Palestinians, Education, and the Israeli "Industry of Fear" -Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian21. War, State Collapse and the Predicament of Education in Iraq, Nabil Al-Tikriti22. Representations of Arabs in Iranian Elementary School Text Books -Golnar Mehran

André Elias Mazawi is associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also an associate fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research at the University of Malta.Ronald G. Sultana is professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Malta, where he also leads the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. He is the founding editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies.

"A timely contribution to the field of international and comparative education…[this book] is highly recommended for courses in international and comparative education. Many of the chapters will make welcome additional readings for courses in the anthropology/sociology of education. Moreover, the book will be of value to policy analysts as well as education researchers planning on conducting fieldwork in the Arab region."--Teachers College Record

• 1. Editorial Introduction: Situating the 'Worlds' of Arab Education: Critical Engagements -André E. Mazawi & Ronald G. SultanaPart I: Contested Policyscapes2. Privatizing Education in the Maghreb: A Path for a Two-Tiered Education System -Abdeljalil Akkari3. TVET Reforms in the Arab Region: The ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ in Policy Development -Borhène Chakroun & Eva Jimeno Sicilia4. The Contested Terrain of Educational Reform in Egypt -Fatma Sayed5. Pressure Groups, Education Policy and Curriculum Development in Lebanon: A Policy Maker’s Retrospective and Introspective Standpoint -Nemer FrayhaPart II: Re-calling Voices6. Education and Ethnography: Insiders, Outsiders, and Gatekeepers -Linda Herrera7. Performing Patriotism: Rituals and Moral Authority in a Jordanian High School -Fida Adely8. Doing ‘Identity Work’ in Teacher Education: The Case of a UAE Teacher -Matthew Clarke9. To Educate an Iraqi-Jew: Or What Can We Learn From Hebrew Autobiographies about Arab Nationalism and the Iraqi Education System (1921-1952) -Orit BashkinPart III: Suspended Visibilities10. The Human Right to Education in Arab Countries: An International Law Perspective -Sawsan Zaher11. Inclusive Education and Children with Disabilities in the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States -Sara Ashencaen Crabtree & Richard Williams 12. The Teaching of Amazigh in France and Morocco: Language Policies and Citizenship Between Pedagogy and Power Politics -Abdelouahad Mabrour & Khalil Mgharfaoui13. Educational Provision and spatial Dis-[O]rientation Among Pastoralist Communities in the Middle East and North Africa -Steven C. Dinero14. Citizenship, Difference and the Schooling of Muslim Children in Malta -Louise ChircopPart IV: Knowledge Imaginaries15. Nationalism, Islamic Political Activism, and Religious Education in the Arab Region -Rukhsana Zia16. Higher Education and Differentiation Based on Knowledge: Algeria’s Aborted Dream -Hocine Khelfaoui17. Going International: The Politics of Educational Reform in Egypt -Iman Farag18. Arab Youth, Education and Satellite Broadcasting -Imad KaramPart V: Geopolitical Predicaments19. American Dreams of Reinventing the ‘Orient’: Digital Democracy and Arab Youth Cultures in a Regional Perspective -Omar El-Khairy20. Palestinians, Education, and the Israeli "Industry of Fear" -Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian21. War, State Collapse and the Predicament of Education in Iraq, Nabil Al-Tikriti22. Representations of Arabs in Iranian Elementary School Text Books -Golnar Mehran