Middle East

Students and academic staffers can now access the eduroam Wi-Fi service at the Muscat International Airport of the Sultanate of Oman.

The technology reveals evidence for human heavy metal exposure, as well as preservation status of bone, dental tissue, and hair at micrometre scales.

Students, researchers, and academics across the sultanate can now use eduroam to connect to the internet.

A new circuit improves the possibilities for Moroccan researchers to participate in international collaborations such as the high-energy physics experiment ATLAS and the undersea neutrino telescope ANTARES.

Research and education communities in Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan will benefit from improved connectivity as a new link through London will offer service to the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Regional research and education networks in Africa and Latin America join forces to address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and other common challenges.

Supported by CENIC's 400-gigabit research network, the Pacific Research Platform has not only enabled researchers at UC San Diego and their partners at the University of Haifa in Israel to go ahead with their archeological dig despite the COVID-19 pandemic but also drastically accelerated data analysis times.

Researchers and students in Mauritania can look forward to improved connectivity as the Arab African country has announced the establishment of a national research and education network.

The Mirsal file sender service meets the higher education and research communities’ requirements for sharing learning materials and large data sets.

MARWAN, the Moroccan Academic and Research Network, has played a crucial role in supporting the remote delivery of higher education.

Students of communication and journalism at higher learning institutions across 13 African countries can look forward to extensive virtual collaboration through a new digital platform, the All Varsity News Network.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the temporary closure of educational institutions in Tunisia in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.