November 26, 2008
Scholars Weigh Merits of Western-Style Universities in Persian Gulf
Washington
Universities in the Persian Gulf should offer more Arabic-language instruction and require more courses in the region’s history and culture, a scholar from the United Arab Emirates said here Tuesday during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association.
Fatima Badry, director of graduate programs at the American University of Sharjah’s College of Arts and Sciences, said that at her country’s universities, both public and private,
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