International Student Mobility to and from the Middle East

Aneta Hayes is Senior Lecturer in Education and Internationalisation Director in the School of Social, Political, and Global Studies, Keele University, UK. Sally Findlow is Senior Lecturer and Director of Professional Doctorates in the School of Social, Political, and Global Studies, Keele University, UK.

Editorial: Constructions of (Inter-)National(-ised) Students in the Middle East: Comparative Critical Perspectives

Aneta Hayes and Sally Findlow

Part I: Theorising "Internationalised" Students: Points of Departure for Macro-Level Analyses

1: Which Students are "International" at an International Branch Campus? Problematising "International" when Universities and Students Cross Borders

Jason Lane and Christine Farrugia

2: Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Middle East and North Africa

Giulia Marchesini and Holly Johnstone

3: Gulf Cooperation Council Academic Mobility: What Works, for Whom and Why?

Clare Walsh

4: The Representation of International Students: Student Mobility from the Middle East to Turkey

Omer Caliskan and Hilal Buyukgoze

5: International Credit Mobilities of Syrians during Conflict: Opportunities and Challenges

Sulaiman Mouselli

Part II: Representations of Internationally (and Intra-Regionally) Mobile Students in and from the Middle East

6: Between Foreigners and Family: Social Media Representations of International Students in Israeli Universities

Annette Bamberger

7: Constructing Self through Transnational Nursing Education in the Middle East

Wendy Maddison

8: Ready, Willing, and Able? Exploring the Relationships and Experiences of International Students at a Federal University in the United Arab Emirates

Natalie I. Cruz, Jobila W. Sy, Cassandra Shukla, and Alisha Tysor

9: Syrian Students’ Academic Mobility Struggle and Alternative Options

Ranwa Khorsheed, Susan Deeb, and Rasha al-Dahhan