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The number of students heading to US universities from the Arab world is also in sharp decline, with graduate numbers falling by 14.5 per cent from the Middle East between 2002 and 2003.
From Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, student numbers have nearly halved since 2001, according to Grant Smith, director of the Washington-based Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy. This is despite efforts by Saudi Arabia to train nationals to replace highly skilled foreigners.
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