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Fincham, Kathleen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Within the Middle East and North Africa region, more than 5,600,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as seen here https://www.unhcr.org/. Amongst university-aged refugees, only a small fraction (Jordan -- 8%, Lebanon -- 6%, Turkey -- 1%) are currently enrolled in higher education. This paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
Shafiq, M. Najeeb; Ross, Karen – Online Submission, 2009
This study addresses the little understood relationship between educational attainment and public attitudes towards war in four predominantly Muslim countries contemplating war: Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Turkey. The multivariate analysis using public opinion data suggests that the educational attainment of respondents has no statistically…
Descriptors: Muslims, Educational Attainment, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries
Shafiq, M. Najeeb; Sinno, Abdulkader H. – Online Submission, 2009
We examine the effect of educational attainment and income on support for suicide bombing among Muslim publics in six predominantly Muslim countries that have experienced suicide bombings: Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, and Turkey. We make two contributions. First, we present a conceptual model, which has been lacking in the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Income, Educational Attainment, Suicide