Over the past three decades, in particular, education, both at school and higher levels, shifted from focus on character building to building information and knowledge.Both are important, but perhaps the former is more important, especially these days.In the “good” old days of sc

Many people are asking many questions about what the Trump administration, which will be taking over from the Obama administration in a few days, plans to do.A great deal of uncertainty prevails at this point in time, both in America and in the world, with respect to many key iss

UN Security Council Resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is a step in the right direction.A step in the right direction also is the US abstention, which allowed the vote to pass.Nevertheless, both the resolution itself and the US

For at least a couple of decades now, university education has been awaiting some major structural changes in order to be more relevant to the needs of the learners themselves, the market, the society and the ever changing times.While much has happened over the said period that i

Perhaps our biggest challenge at this point in time is not the number of problems that we have to address all at once, but our faith in our ability to address these problems.“Our” here is crucial; it refers not to specific individuals or groups that can be either optimistic or pe

In our part of the world, as in the US itself and other countries, many have been disappointed — to say the least — about the outcome of the recent American election.Since the start of his bid for the Republican Party’s candidacy as well as for the presidency, Donald Trump has of

Several people who commented on His Majesty King Abdullah’s discussion papers, especially on the most recent one, “Rule of Law and Civil State”, stress the need to take the next logical step: implementation.While this is certainly true in principle, in reality the matter is more

The signing of several agreements between Jordan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday came as welcome news to all of those who believe in greater cooperation and coordination between the two neighbouring countries.Saudi Arabia and Jordan have much in common in terms of values, aspiratio

A culture of negativity has been on the increase in our society for some time now, and it needs to be reversed.It is no denying that the Arab region has, since 2011 in specific, been going through particularly difficult times.Politically, democracy in much of the Arab world has r