Our Fellows at Work

By Lara El Khatib November 14, 2024 Children are amazing. While they can be quite resilient, they remain very vulnerable during times of war. War brings with it fear, anger, and uncertainty. Its impact manifests in many ways – from enduring the horrendous sounds of bombs and the anguished screams of the injured or grieving,…

By: Rana Fleihan November 9, 2024 Empathy, defined in the Cambridge dictionary as the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiencesby imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation, is a key value that teachers seek to promote in the classroom through both verbal and non-verbal cues. Encouraging students to…

By: Musa Abu Hadeed, Nisreen Kassem & Nayla Abi Antoun August 24, 2024 We began writing this article on a summer night, the hottest in decades. Why has the climate become so extreme? Summer feels like scenes from a Mad Max movie, and winter is as bitterly cold as it was in The Day After…

Part 4 in a 4-part series By: Musa Abu Hadeed, Nisreen Kassem & Nayla Abi Antoun July 13, 2024 Education in Emergencies is a response to the natural disasters, epidemics, social unrest, and wars that disrupt traditional education. While school leaders and educational specialists contribute to academic resilience and stability during those crises (as noted…

Part II By: Rasha Halat and Lina Khair Rahme June 30, 2024 This is Part 2 in a 2-part series. Read Part 1 here. As we delve deeper into the discussion on AI’s role in education, it becomes crucial to address the challenges and ethical considerations that emerge. While the first part of this article…