Fraudulent qualifications are a problem in many parts of the world, and especially in the Middle East. Unrecognised universities consisting of little more than a website offer tempting short cuts to a degree certificate. Often based in western countries but run by Arab expatriates targeting clients in their homeland, they not only create unfairness in the jobs market but can lead to unqualified people putting others in danger. Continue reading “Fake degrees and bogus universities: a growing problem in the Middle East”
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Coronavirus in the Middle East: a testing time for relations between regimes and their citizens
As Covid-19 continues to spread in the Middle East, Arab governments increasingly blame the public for failing to comply with preventive measures. The roots of this problem lie in the uneasy relationship between autocratic regimes and the people they govern – a relationship that is likely to come under further strain as the economic costs of the pandemic become more apparent. Continue reading “Coronavirus in the Middle East: a testing time for relations between regimes and their citizens”


