‘A major barrier for accessing social sciences knowledge in the Arab region is language. Underprivileged researchers read in Arabic so a good quality translation makes knowledge available to all’ Ms Randa Baas an independent translator from Syria event

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‘60% of in the Arab region were established after 1990 and are focused on helping graduates join the labor market as opposed to creating knowledge. social studies are therefore deprioritized’ Dr Seteney Shami director of at

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