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A report on knowledge, released at the Arab Strategy Forum on Wednesday, warned of large-scale illiteracy in the Arab world.
Despite the fact that the region had spent five percent of its gross domestic product and 20 percent of its national budget on education one third of its adult population, (60 million people), remain illiterate -- two thirds of them women.
Illiteracy in Arab world growing: Report
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I knew the Afghan population was mostly illiterate, but didn't know the problem extended to the rest of the Arab world...
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