Comments on: The Future is Leaving http://www.7iber.com/2007/06/the-future-is-leaving/ What's Your Story? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:10:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hamzeh N. http://www.7iber.com/2007/06/the-future-is-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Hamzeh N. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:01:20 +0000 http://www.7iber.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-future-is-leaving/#comment-69 Thanks for the interesting series of articles on education in the country. I've found many of the World Bank's publications containing very insightful information on education in the Middle East region as a whole. On higher education, check out the following speech from 2002 (not much has changed in the last 5 years) by Mustapha Nabli. I think he is (or was) the chief economist for the MENA region at the World Bank. Very good points are raised, http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/mna/mena.nsf/Attachments/Education-Nabli/$File/HigherEducation-Nabli.pdf Also, I would like to add that I also think studying abroad is a very good experience that teaches responsibility on a different level. I too would encourage anyone to travel if they can and study even if only for one or two semesters as part of a "study abroad" program, which a lot of schools have these days. Going for internships during the summer abroad could be just as beneficial as well. Thanks for the interesting series of articles on education in the country. I’ve found many of the World Bank’s publications containing very insightful information on education in the Middle East region as a whole. On higher education, check out the following speech from 2002 (not much has changed in the last 5 years) by Mustapha Nabli. I think he is (or was) the chief economist for the MENA region at the World Bank. Very good points are raised, http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/mna/mena.nsf/Attachments/Education-Nabli/$File/HigherEducation-Nabli.pdf

Also, I would like to add that I also think studying abroad is a very good experience that teaches responsibility on a different level. I too would encourage anyone to travel if they can and study even if only for one or two semesters as part of a “study abroad” program, which a lot of schools have these days. Going for internships during the summer abroad could be just as beneficial as well.

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