Peer-reviewed scholarship in English and a decade of Arabic columns on education, language, and policy — from Routledge and UNESCO to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and the Tunisian press. The record of the subject-matter depth Raoudha brings into every conference.
Her English-language scholarly record — published with Routledge, Intellect, UNESCO and the Institute for Security Studies. Full texts are held by the publishers; links go to the publisher of record.
A decade of columns in the Tunisian and pan-Arab press. Each piece is introduced in English; the column itself is published in its original Arabic.
أين ويكيف يطبخ القرار التربوي؟
On the post-revolution demand for sovereign national education decisions, free of foreign tutelage.
لنحم المدرسة العمومية، المدرسة التي يجب أن تكون
A defence of the public school and the Tunisian child's right to education.
الإصلاح التربوي: حتى لا تضيع الفرصة مرة أخرى
Warns against squandering yet another opportunity to reform education.
من يمتلك الجامعة التونسية؟
Interrogates ownership, authority, and sovereignty over the Tunisian university.
إصلاح التعليم في تونس بين 1958 واليوم
Traces the arc of Tunisian education reform from Bourguiba's 1958 model to the post-revolution moment.
حول إقصاء منظمة الأعراف من الحوار الوطني لإصلاح المنظومة التربوية
On the conspicuous absence of the employers' organisation from the national education-reform dialogue.
آفاتنا التربوية والبنك العالمي
On whether the transitional government could — or should — dismantle the LMD system, and the true cost of reform.
الانفلات البرلماني
A close reading of a chaotic, revealing televised parliamentary session during the revolution.
الشعب يريد إسقاط نظام إمد
On the years-long rejection of the LMD (Bologna) reform across faculty, students, administrators, and families.
بكالوريا نظيفة
Questions the ministry's claim of a fraud-free national baccalaureate exam.
سؤال إلى السيد وزير الداخلية
An open letter to the post-revolution interior minister.
عقود الصمت
On the police-state censorship — and the self-censorship it bred in ordinary Tunisians.
لا إصلاح سياسيا من دون إصلاح تربوي
An interview on reforming the education system and its link to the revolution and sustainable development.
من يريد أن يسيء إلى اعتصام القصبة؟
On the attempts to claim, steer, or undermine the Kasbah protest.
اللغات: حان الوقت أن نبتعد عن التراشق بالتهم ونفكر جديا في الحلول
Argues Tunisia's language-teaching debate needs solutions, not finger-pointing, beyond the cliché that English is simply 'the language of the age.'
لم اختفت جامعاتنا من تصنيف شانغهاي؟
Unpacks the absence of Arab universities from global rankings and the reflexive panic it provokes.
هل نحتاج إلى كلية تربية؟
Makes the case for institutionalising educational research through a dedicated faculty of education.
الجامعة شأن كل الجامعيين وكل التونسيين
Responds to the higher-education minister's citizen dialogue, arguing the university belongs to all academics and all Tunisians.
الحوار مع السيد الوزير
Reflects on a televised minister-citizen dialogue and what it revealed about democratic practice and citizenship.
الغش في الامتحانات
On exam fraud and what it exposes about the education system.
اللغة والعلوم
Reflections from a seminar on Arabising the sciences and teaching them in Arabic at university.
النشر الرقمي
On the shift from print newspaper columns to blogging, and a new kind of reader interaction.
الأفكار الشائعة والخاطئة عن المعرفة والتعلم
Challenges the widespread misconceptions about how knowledge and learning actually work.
حول تفوق الفتيات في حصاد الجوائز الأكاديمية
Examines why girls dominate academic awards and what it reveals about schooling.
ما علاقة العمل الثنائي والجماعي بجودة التعلم؟
On collaborative learning and how it shapes educational quality.
من يدفع ثمن التعلم الرديء؟
On the social and economic cost of low-quality education.