Nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai has urged Muslim countries to condemn the Taliban's ban on girls' secondary education.

IIE scholarships for students of the now-closed American University of Afghanistan have launched, and an all-female robotics team has arrived in Qatar.

ACS International Schools has unveiled its new Doha campus with "state-of-the-art" facilities to accommodate almost 2,500 students aged three to 18 in Qatar.

Qatar’s first Turkish school has opened to serve the children of Turkish expats living in the country. The city's Turkish cultural centre has also launched a language programme for both expats and local residents.

Bellevue Education will open its first school outside Europe next year as a joint venture with the State of Qatar.

Park House English School is ISP’s second acquisition in the Gulf in five months, with more additions coming soon, The PIE News has learned.

In the Middle East, countries are telling similar stories of oil-induced economic distress which could affect sovereign funding for international education as well as the coffers of individual families. Will Qatar be the next to stumble? Michael Deere reports.

Scholarships are key in increasing the numbers of mobile students from the Gulf region said educators and providers at the Gulf Conferences scholarship programme meeting this week in London. Stakeholders project huge growth in the region’s education sector.