ABSTRACT

This chapter talks about the most common fields of study at Arab universities. Arab universities are similar in many ways to Western systems of higher education. In most Arab countries, there are different quotas for admission. In recent years, an increasing level of violence has made its way onto university campuses. Reasons continue to be under investigation, but often violence is sparked by protests against fees, grading systems and general rivalry between students from different social backgrounds. There can also sometimes be limited demonstrations inside university campuses in relation to regional conflicts, especially those having to do with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Most students commute to universities using public transportation. The chapter also presents verbs in the present tense with all pronouns in Levantine Arabic (LA), and lists the most commonly used demonstrative pronouns in LA. Present and future tenses in LA are identical.