This volume explores how educational leadership and administration (ELA) is constructed in the Middle East and North African region (MENA), and charts the development of ELA as a discipline.

Khalid Arar is a Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, School Improvement Doctoral Program at the College of Education, Texas State University, USA.

Selahattin Turan is Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, College of Education, Bursa Uludag University, Turkey.

Sedat Gümüs is Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership and Research Fellow of the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at the EdUHK, Hong Kong.

Abdellatif Sellami is Director of the Education Research Centre, the College of Education, Qatar University, Qatar.

Julia Mahfouz is Associate Professor in the Leadership for Educational Organizations program, School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver, USA.

1. Demystifying Educational Leadership and Administration in the Middle East and North Africa/ Editorial Introduction 2. Educational Leadership and Management in Turkey: A Critical Review of Policy, Practice, and Research 3. Examining the knowledge base in educational administration and leadership in Egypt: A systematic review of published research literature 4. Educational Leadership and Administration in Iraq: Challenges & Prospects 5. Educational Leadership and Administration in Morocco: Recent developments and growth prospects 6. Educational Leadership and Administration in Algeria: Policy, Development and Reflective Practice 7. Educational Administration and Leadership in Jordan: A retrospective-Prospective Approach 8. Principalship in Lebanon: The Unsung Heroes 9. The Sate of Art of Educational Leadership in Palestine: The Two Faces of the Coin 10. Educational Administration and Policy in Kuwait: A Reflection on Decades of Reform 11. K-12 Educational leadership and administration in Qatar: Lessons learned 12. Exploring the Omani Educational Administration and Leadership Literature: Hidden Gems or Concerns to Be Addressed?