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DESCRIPTION:Education for Citizenship in the Arab World With Dr. Muhammad F
 aour Dr. Muhammad Faour Non-Resident Senior Associate\, Carnegie Middle Ea
 st Center\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The current educati
 on reform efforts in the MENA region heavily focus on such “technical” asp
 ects as building more schools\, introducing computers to schools\, improvi
 ng test scores in mathematics and sciences\, and bridging the gender gap i
 n education. While necessary and important\, the reform’s current emphasis
  misses a basic human component: Students need to learn at a very early ag
 e what it means to be citizens who learn how to think\, seek and produce k
 nowledge\, question\, and innovate rather than be subjects of the state wh
 o are taught what to think and how to behave. These attributes are essenti
 al if the region is to move away from its traditional reliance on “rents” 
 in the form of oil and outside assistance\, and toward the kind of system 
 that empowers its citizens with the requisite skills to build self-generat
 ing\, prosperous economies and achieve a quality of life that can come thr
 ough respect for diversity\, critical thinking\, creativity\, and exercisi
 ng one’s duties and rights as an active citizen. Dr. Muhammad Faour is a n
 on-resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center\, where his researc
 h focuses on education reform in Arab countries\, with an emphasis on citi
 zenship education. A recipient of numerous prestigious awards and fellowsh
 ips\, Faour has also been a visiting researcher at several U.S. universiti
 es\, and has served as a consultant to several United Nations agencies\, L
 ebanese foundations\, and nongovernmental organization (NGOs). Faour is th
 e author of several books and monographs\, including The Silent Revolution
  in Lebanon: Changing Values of the Youth\, and The Arab World after Deser
 t Storm\, and the co-author of University Students in Lebanon: Background 
 and Attitudes (with Adnan El-Amine). His work has also been published in n
 umerous journals\, including Middle Eastern Studies. This event is sponsor
 ed by the Executive Education Programs\, the Moynihan
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SUMMARY:Education for Citizenship in the Arab World With Dr. Muhammad Faour
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Education for Citizenship in the Arab World Wi
 th Dr. Muhammad Faour Dr. Muhammad Faour Non-Resident Senior Associate\, C
 arnegie Middle East Center\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Th
 e current education reform efforts in the MENA region heavily focus on suc
 h “technical” aspects as building more schools\, introducing computers to 
 schools\, improving test scores in mathematics and sciences\, and bridging
  the gender gap in education. While necessary and important\, the reform’s
  current emphasis misses a basic human component: Students need to learn a
 t a very early age what it means to be citizens who learn how to think\, s
 eek and produce knowledge\, question\, and innovate rather than be subject
 s of the state who are taught what to think and how to behave. These attri
 butes are essential if the region is to move away from its traditional rel
 iance on “rents” in the form of oil and outside assistance\, and toward th
 e kind of system that empowers its citizens with the requisite skills to b
 uild self-generating\, prosperous economies and achieve a quality of life 
 that can come through respect for diversity\, critical thinking\, creativi
 ty\, and exercising one’s duties and rights as an active citizen. Dr. Muha
 mmad Faour is a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center\, 
 where his research focuses on education reform in Arab countries\, with an
  emphasis on citizenship education. A recipient of numerous prestigious aw
 ards and fellowships\, Faour has also been a visiting researcher at severa
 l U.S. universities\, and has served as a consultant to several United Nat
 ions agencies\, Lebanese foundations\, and nongovernmental organization (N
 GOs). Faour is the author of several books and monographs\, including The 
 Silent Revolution in Lebanon: Changing Values of the Youth\, and The Arab 
 World after Desert Storm\, and the co-author of University Students in Leb
 anon: Background and Attitudes (with Adnan El-Amine). His work has also be
 en published in numerous journals\, including Middle Eastern Studies. This
  event is sponsored by the Executive Education Programs\, the Moynihan
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