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April 8, 2008
| Speakers: | Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee; Member, International Rescue Committee's Commission on Iraqi Refugees |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss issues surrounding the education of children of conflict, specifically with regard to the current situation in Iraq.
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April 8, 2008
| Speakers: | Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee; Member, International Rescue Committee's Commission on Iraqi Refugees |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations; Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict |
Video
Watch experts discuss issues surrounding the education of children of conflict, specifically with regard to the current situation in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Refugees and the Displaced
December 18, 2007
| Speakers: | Joel Cohen, Co-Director, Universal Basic and Secondary Education Project, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Melissa Binder, Associate Professor, University Of New Mexico |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education and Senior Fellow, Economic Policy |
Transcript
Speakers discuss implications of universal secondary education.
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November 29, 2007
Essential Documents
Report
August 26, 2007
| Author: | Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The New York Times Magazine
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May 23, 2007
| Author: | Imtiaz Ali |
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Must Read
In the Jamestown Foundation’s Spotlight on Terror series, an interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq, the director and chancellor of Pakistan's madrassa, Darul uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, where many of the top Taliban leaders, including its fugitive chief, Mullah Omar, attended. It is widely believed that the madrassa was the launching pad for the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, which is why Sami ul-Haq is also called the "Father of the Taliban."
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April 25, 2007
News Release
The Council’s Center for Universal Education has partnered with PBS Wide Angle as well as Channel Thirteen and the U.S. Global Campaign for Education to distribute the PBS Wide Angle documentary, “Back to School.”
See more in Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture
March 29, 2007
| Speakers: | David Arnold, President, American University in Cairo, Egypt Joseph G. Jabbra, President, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Winfred L. Thompson, Chancellor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates John Waterbury, President, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Presider: | Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University |
Video
Watch a panel of university presidents discuss the importance and value of American-style liberal arts education in Egypt, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates, and how it can work to create social change in the Arab world.
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March 29, 2007
Must Read
This report analyzes madrasas' role in supporting religious extremism in Pakistan and calls for reform.
See more in Pakistan, Religion
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