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EDUCATORS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN...
...UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Ronald G. Sultana, Editor
Editorial Introduction: Bio-academic narratives and educators of the Mediterranean / Ronald G. Sultana
Middle East
Education against all odds: the Palestinian struggle for survival and excellence / Gabi Baramki (Palestine) │
Searching for praxis and emancipation in an old culture / Murad Jurdak (Lebanon) │ Crossing borders: ambiguities
and convictions / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman (Israel) │ A Syrian educationalist in the USA: reflections on human
relations, practical skills, and intellectual empowerment / Abdulkafi Albirini (Syria) │ Reflections on education and
transformation by a Jordanian-American scholar / Fida Adely (Jordan) │ Turkey: the rise of the Phoenix in
education / Ayla Oktay (Turkey)
North Africa
Between enduring hardships and fleeting ideals / Mohamed Miliani (Algeria) │Retrospective and experiential
perceptions on education in Morocco by an engaged observer / M’hammed Sabour (Morocco) │ From the
independence generation to the Bouazizi generation: Tunisian education under the spotlight / Ali Hechmi Raddaoui
(Tunisia) │Power and struggle for education in Libya: an insider‟s perspective / Abdelbasit Gadour (Libya)
│Transforming education, transforming lives in the MENA region / Malak Zaalouk (Egypt)
South Europe
Time, space and educational desire / Marianna Papastephanou (Cyprus) │ An eventful journey / Marie Eliou
(Greece) │ Emotions and rationality in political consciousness / Xavier Bonal (Spain) │ Between sociology and
policy of education / Luciano Benadusi (Italy) │ Running aground on a hard rock / Mary Darmanin (Malta) │
Travelling, not arriving: an intellectual journey / António Nóvoa (Portugal)
Regional reflections
The educated person and the new capitalism—a Euro-Mediterranean reflection / Franco Ferrarott │ Education as
spaces of community engagement and a „capacity to aspire‟/ André E. Mazawi │The culture of despair: youth,
unemployment and educational failures in North Africa / Aomar Boum
Endorsements
“This is a superb volume. At a time when Islamophobia has reached new heights in the US and beyond, these „bioacademic narratives are both significant and valuable in outlining the main issues and challenges facing the
education system in each country and how policies in each case have multiple links to power. This is a personal,
political and passionate book, and it makes compelling reading.” Professor Michael A. Peters, Educational Policy
Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
“This collection of interviews is an absolute gem, made all the more valuable by its potential to contribute timely
and crucial insights on the possibilities of new futures for the region. The combination of personal experiences and
insights that emerges from these intimate and engaged accounts is uniquely powerful and uniquely valuable.”
Professor Roger Dale, Centre for Globalisation, Education and Society, University of Bristol, UK.
“This book is timely and immensely needed: it is a must-read for those who want to comprehend the challenges
confronting education and some of the most promising initiatives in the region.” Professor Sari Hanafi, University
of Beirut, Lebanon.
“Educators of the Mediterranean deserves to be read by educators around the world because it shows how hope can
be made practical. It reminds us that the educational project‟s commitment to democracy and equality is sustained
because it is constantly made and remade in ways that address contemporary structures and cultures, which
constitute our globally connected space-times.” Professor Terri Seddon, Monash University, Australia
“An inspiring book: it will be of interest to readers across Europe, and among the global community of education
scholars.” Professor Martin Lawn, Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
“This innovative book highlights very instructively the significance not only of personal endeavours but also of
wider cultures in a diverse region.” Mark Bray, Professor of Comparative Education, University of Hong Kong.
“With political, historical and cultural attention increasingly turning these days to the long neglected Mediterranean,
the voices in this volume propose highly informative prospects in critical pedagogical practices that are seeking
historical, intellectual and social justice. The important arguments elaborated here, together with the nuanced
problematics they expose, have a profound resonance for democratic prospects both within and outside the region.”
Iain Chambers, author of Mediterranean Crossings—The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity.