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"Talent is universal, but opportunity is not. It’s incumbent upon all of us to keep opening doors of opportunity, because walking through it may be a young man or young woman who becomes a medical researcher and discovers a cure for a terrible disease, becomes an entrepreneur, or becomes a professor who then creates the next generation of those who contribute."

-- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 

An initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization and leading education innovators to expand access to free, high-quality education materials in Arabic, with a focus on science and technology. These resources will be released under open licenses that allow free use, sharing, and adaptation to local context. Promoting and expanding access to these resources will help to create educational opportunity, further scientific learning, and foster economic growth. 

The initiative will:

• Support the creation of Arabic-language Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the translation of existing OERs into Arabic.
• Disseminate the resources free of charge through our partners and their platforms.
• Offer training and support to governments, educators, and students to put existing resources to use and develop their own.
• Raise Awareness of the potential of open educational resources and promote uptake of online learning materials.

For more information, visit www.state.gov or contact us at openbook@state.gov.