Higher education institutions play a crucial role in shaping the worldview of societies, guiding their cultural accumulation, and fostering scientific production and technical skills. Therefore, higher education is a crucial factor in the development and prosperity of a society. Issue 31 of the Platform focuses on higher education in the Muslim world.

Nihat Erdoğmuş presents his findings on scientific productivity in Islamic countries, shedding light on the outlook of higher education in the region. Brain drain and international education are critical aspects of the higher education issue. Gökhan Kavak examines why a significant portion of African youth prefer to study abroad in his article “Brain Drain in Africa.” Hacer Atabaş discusses the progress of internationalization in higher education in Turkey in her article on international student mobility. Muhammed Karayağlı delves into the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) system, which criticizes the Western-centric nature of international law and institutions. On the other hand, digitalization in education is one of the prominent realities of today’s world. In his article, Maan Habib explores the opportunities and challenges of digitalization in higher education in conflict-affected societies, while Aisha Ammar Almansuri discusses the digitalization of higher education in Libya.

In the “Current” section, our focus is again on Palestine. Hakkı Hakan Erkiner evaluates the outcomes of the genocide case opened against Israel in the International Court of Justice.

We hope this issue, which addresses higher education in the Muslim world, will benefit our readers.