AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSchool Science: A review of Syria’s new schoolbooks says science content has been revised, including changes to references to the Big Bang and evolution, as the curriculum shifts toward a more religious identity. Women in STEM: Syria’s new defense and security universities bar women from most programs; cybersecurity is the only reported option for women at the security sciences university. AI Aviation: Syrian engineer Talal Bakour and Egyptian teammate Abdullah Osama won Türkiye’s TEKNOFEST AI aviation competition with systems for object detection and drone navigation when GPS is lost. Assistive Tech: Syrian-born Ahmed Ibrahim is developing an AI-powered, 3D-printed prosthetic hand through his Hamilton startup, inspired by a childhood effort to help a friend injured in Syria.
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