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The destruction of infrastructure, including hundreds of schools, symbolizes not just physical loss but the erasure of educational opportunities for a generation.

Under siege: The struggle of education in Gaza

Education enables us to address the root causes of conflicts, such as poverty, inequality and social injustice. (Reuters)

Education can be the path toward a peaceful future

With demolished classrooms and schools, displaced teachers and hundreds of thousands of children without access to learning, education in the besieged enclave has become the last casualty of the Israel-Gaza war, aid agencies have warned.

Israel-Gaza Conflict: Education becomes latest casualty of war for Palestine’s youth

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2019. Reuters

An attack on any school in the world should be a problem for all of us

Protesters march against racism and white nationalism at Texas A&M University, on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, in College Station, Texas [File: David J Phillip/AP Photo]

The Key to Saving Youth from Violent Paths? Inclusive Higher Education

The UAE Ministry of Education has made an impactful decision to increase the internship requirement for university graduates

The role of workplace learning in empowering future-ready graduates

Four Arab women students sit around a table, engaged in a collaborative discussion.

Arab youth unemployment is staggering – but there is a way forward

Talent Challenge to Disrupt Businesses & Industries in Line with Digital Transformation

A classroom scene with several students seated at desks, appearing focused and attentive

Pupils the world over need our solidarity

Officials, including the CEO from the AGF, engaged in a meeting in a modern office setting.

Why fresh graduates need effective internships

Dr. Sonia Ben Jaafar, Chief Executive Officer of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation a Philanthropic Organization in the UAE.

Why partnerships are the key to sustainability in education

A diverse group of AGF members poses together in front of a large mural in Gaza, gathered to support relief efforts

Global partnerships are needed to strengthen education for 80 million refugees

Dr. Sonia Ben Jaafar, Chief Executive Officer of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation a Philanthropic Organization in the UAE.

Celebrating the heroes of International Day of Education

Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation's International Day of Education Banner

Pandemic shockwaves reset the global education landscape

Group of students posing on wooden steps indoors, dressed in casual attire - AGF

‘Online learning models are more flexible & scalable,’ says Dr. Sonia Ben Jaafar

A family stands at the entrance of a building during a relief distribution by AGF in Gaza

Arab philanthropy: moving beyond money to outcomes

Emergency response to COVID-19 is not the future of online education

A student wearing a red head covering is using a smartphone, possibly for educational purposes-AGF

Better together – finding our way through the crisis