BBC new program: Girls education in the Arab world

The BBC starts a new program of 20 series on Girls Education in the Arab states as from Monday September 22nd. The program which is completed in cooperation with UNICEF stunningly debates problems impeding girls education in the Arab states.

The presenter of the program Safaa Faisal visited seven Arab states along the past months in to prepare items of the said program.

Among other things, the program focused on the issue of early marriage which is conducive to girls dropping out from school, especially at secondary school stage. It also concentrates on the sufferings of girls concerning the traditional vision over her role in society where the family consider that girl's final resort is marriage and thus there is no use in her education.

However, the overwhelming conviction is that girls have a presence in schools and universities and are competing with boys. However such reality is only in major capitals and cities, while the situation is quite different in the rural and mountainous areas, where education rates of girls in comparison to boys is considerably low.

The series in mainly depicted in areas like Upper Egypt, the Syrian desert and the mountainous areas in Yemen and remote areas in Sudan.

The first of the program's series will be today ( Monday ), September 22nd, at (4.30 GMT) ( 7.30 p.m. local time). It will be re-broadcast on Wednesday (2.45 GMT); Friday at ( 11.35 a.m. GMT) and Sunday at ( 4.30 p.m. GMT.).