{"id":4523,"date":"2015-04-24T06:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T06:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/?p=4523"},"modified":"2021-09-15T05:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T05:31:15","slug":"education-challenges-in-the-arab-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/education-challenges-in-the-arab-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Education challenges in the Arab world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThe Arab world has made huge progress in giving children access to school,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/experts\/maysa-jalbout\/\">Maysa Jalbout<\/a>, a nonresident fellow with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/legacy\/589C9085-FBE2-405C-9BF0-5648A02DBE90\">Center for Universal Education<\/a>\u00a0at Brookings. Yet even so, she calls the 2.6 million Syrian children out of school in the region \u201cperhaps the biggest education crisis globally.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the podcast, Jalbout\u2014former CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation and a global leader on education in international development\u2014discusses the challenges and solutions to educating children in the Arab world, why quality and not just access matters, how the education crisis is a global security issue, and why 3 out of 4 Arab women remain out of the labor force in their countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the discussion is about Jalbout\u2019s new report, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/b.3cdn.net\/awas\/425e9dbef2c7ca9980_tom6bga7x.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reaching all Children with Education in Lebanon: Opportunities for Action<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/podcast-episode\/maysa-jalbout-on-education-challenges-in-the-arab-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/podcast-episode\/maysa-jalbout-on-education-challenges-in-the-arab-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Arab world has made huge progress in giving children access to school,\u201d says\u00a0Maysa Jalbout, a nonresident fellow with the\u00a0Center for Universal Education\u00a0at Brookings. 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