Asni, Morocco — AFP In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre walk from their remote village of Tinghar to […]
HARTFORD, Connecticut – A study led by the Yale School of Medicine has found that Asian-American medical students frequently face racism and often feel neglected in their training environment. The study was triggered by personal experiences with racism during the COVID -19 pandemic, in which Asian Americans were exposed to prejudice beca...
PARIS (AA) – France’s education minister on Tuesday said that they do not distinguish between the students based on their religion. Gabriel Attal said he stands by his decision to ban the abaya in school buildings, reminding that it falls in the framework of the law of 2004. “The Council of State’s rule over an [&hellip...
TRAPPES, France (AA) – A group of people staged a protest in the northern French city of Trappes on Friday against a ban on Muslim girls wearing abaya in schools. The group, along with some parents of schoolgirls, staged the protest under the banner “Don’t Touch My Abaya Community” in front of La Plaine de […]
Afghan interim education officials brief OIC scholars on curricula, environment for girls’ education ISTANBUL (AA) – A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reminded Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government on Wednesday that education is an “Islamic obligation for both men and women....
SAVE plan was launched by the Biden administration just two weeks ago, and 4 million people have already signed up for it WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers in Congress are trying to block President Biden’s new plan for student loan relief. The plan, called Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), would base monthly payments on studen...
ANKARA (AA) – The Muslim community in Belgium is contesting new sexuality education methods in schools, according to a statement. “This decision seems to confront the universal and inviolable values of the familial education framework, and the interests of the students and their families,” Muslim associations said in a statem...
Since their return to power in August 2021, Taliban administration has banned education of women, triggering widespread condemnation ISTANBUL (AA) – Calling education a “shared need of Muslims,” the interim Taliban administration on Monday urged “patience” on the issue of girl’s education in Afghanistan. “Girls’ education is a need...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 60 Muslim girl students refused to remove their abaya at schools, the French education minister said on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said in an interview with RMC that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty, was recently banned in schools due to the […]
Damascus, Syria – AFP Nearly four million Syrians students in government-controlled areas returned to school Sunday, braving the effects of war, a devastating earthquake and a deep economic crisis. But many children do not have classrooms to go to in a country where many educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed and 90 percen...
