{"product_id":"higher-education-in-the-arab-region-1","title":"Higher Education in the Arab Region","description":"The Arab region has suffered over a decade of extreme conflict, with significant repercussions for the development of higher education in conflict-affected countries. Yet higher education remains marginal to recovery debates in the region. This book addresses this gap through comparative analysis of five war-affected contexts: Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza. Based on extensive fieldwork and sustained policy engagement, it reveals how universities have endured protracted conflict, adapted under extreme constraints, and participated in reconstruction efforts-often with minimal external support. Challenging dominant approaches to post-conflict intervention, it foregrounds local agency, institutional adaptation, and nationally driven processes. It also documents the shift toward recognizing higher education as both a humanitarian concern and a developmental priority. This is the first study to position universities at the center of recovery discourse in conflict-affected Arab states. This is a Flip it Open title and may be available open access on Cambridge Core.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502052319605,"sku":"9781009759892","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/higher-education-in-the-arab-region-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}