Higher Education in the Arab Region

Resilience, Rebuilding, and Recovery

AvSansom Milton

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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The Arab region has suffered over a decade of extreme conflict, with significant repercussions for the development of higher education in conflict-affected countries. Yet higher education remains marginal to recovery debates in the region. This book addresses this gap through comparative analysis of five war-affected contexts: Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza. Based on extensive fieldwork and sustained policy engagement, it reveals how universities have endured protracted conflict, adapted under extreme constraints, and participated in reconstruction efforts-often with minimal external support. Challenging dominant approaches to post-conflict intervention, it foregrounds local agency, institutional adaptation, and nationally driven processes. It also documents the shift toward recognizing higher education as both a humanitarian concern and a developmental priority. This is the first study to position universities at the center of recovery discourse in conflict-affected Arab states. This is a Flip it Open title and may be available open access on Cambridge Core.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-31
Vikt:250 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Education Research
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009759878

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Sansom Milton is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in Doha. His research focuses on conflict mediation, post-conflict recovery, and higher education in crisis settings, drawing on extensive fieldwork and practitioner engagement across the Arab region.

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'Sansom Milton documents the extraordinary resilience of the universities of the Arab world, reminding us that even in bitter conflict and devastating war, from Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Gaza, the thirst for knowledge is unquenchable and the value of education incalculable. While rebuilding and recovery may seem like distant goals, the message here is heartening and it deserves a wide and attentive audience.' Lisa Anderson, Former President of the American University in Cairo

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1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Foundations; 3. Higher Education, Development, and Conflict in the Arab Region; 4. Iraq: Academia under Occupation; 5. Libya: Higher Education through Uprising, War, and Transition; 6. Syria: Higher Education at War and the Post-Assad Landscape; 7. Yemen: Survival amidst the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis; 8. The Gaza Strip: From Universities under Siege to Scholasticide; 9. Strategic Pillars of Higher Education in the Arab Region; Reference List; Index.