New Magazine Aims to Improve Education in the Arab World
"Al Fanar" was to be launched at a conference this weekend in Dubai. Concerns over academic freedom in the emirates killed the meeting, but not the magazine.
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"Al Fanar" was to be launched at a conference this weekend in Dubai. Concerns over academic freedom in the emirates killed the meeting, but not the magazine.
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