E-Learning in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Alan S. Weber, PhD, has taught humanities, philosophy, and medical ethics for the past 10 years at Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, a satellite campus of Cornell University in Education City, Doha, Qatar. He has held appointments at The Pennsylvania State University, Elmira College, and Cornell University. His course "Electronic Shakespeare" in 1996 was one of the first entirely online courses in New York State.

Sihem Hamlaoui is an Arabic, English and French speaking graduate student who completed her M.A. in Linguistics and Web Technologies from Philipps-Universität Marburg in Marburg, Germany in 2013. She is currently completing her PhD on e-learning in the MENA region. She additionally holds a B.A. in English Linguistics from the Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes Tunis, Tunisia. She also taught English at the Elmessadi Nabeul Secondary School in Tunisia.