Introduction / Neeta Baporikar -- Towards a paradigm shift in higher education in the MENA region / Hayat Al-Khatib -- Higher education in MENA through global lenses: lessons learned from international rankings / Shadi Hijazi, Ben Sowter, Hillol Nag -- Linking education to creating a knowledge...

In many international settings, regional economies are declining resulting in lowered opportunities for these communities. This result attacks the very fabric of cohesion and purpose for these regional societies, and increases social, health, economic and sustainability problems. Community...

This book is a cyber terrorism brief that outlines many of the recent terrorist activities, political objectives, and their use of cyberspace. Much of this book is dedicated to illustrating the use of the global information infrastructure by terrorists for the communication and coordination of...

One of the driving forces that stimulated the emergence of database technology was the need to guarantee the quality of the data stored. The software design is impacted by the properties of the data. Data properties should be seen from a point of view as independently as possible from the...

1. Demyth-ifying feminism : reclaiming the "F" word -- 2. Dualisms and stereotypes : tools of domination -- 3. Gendered philosophy of science : science is male, nature is female -- 4. Mass media as social institution : the Wired example -- 5. Language as social institution : the male-centered IT...

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