Computer Science Education Facing Unconventional Odds: Case Studies from the Arab World

Abstract

Computer Science has been rapidly evolving at unprecedented rates over the past decade. As curricular guidelines are being developed by the CS2023 ACM/IEEE/AAAI taskforce, this article attempts to emphasize how computer science education is happening in a diverse area of the world, namely the Arab World. We focus on four regions within the Arab World which are Egypt, the Levant, the Arabian Gulf, and Northwest Africa. We present the spectrum of higher education in each region focusing on computer science education. Additionally, leading programs are highlighted as case studies indicating how each program copes with ongoing computer science education challenges.