Lewis & Clark College prof. Zaher Wahab was among many who returned here after 2001 to build post-Taliban education
Afghanistan
In a metaphor close to Will's heart, "All the world's" this, "and all the men and women merely players"
a stage
It's the only U.S. state whose flag has a different design on its reverse; it depicts a beaver
Oregon
Civil engineering professor Marc Edwards has exposed dangerous levels of this element in the drinking water of D.C. & Flint, Mich.
lead
In 1889 John Singer Sargent painted "Ellen Terry as" this ambitious character
Lady Macbeth
The flag of Tunisia depicts these 2 celestial figures associated with Islam
crescent moon & star
Fatima Meer, the first non-white teacher at a white South African university, wrote the first authorized bio of this man

Nelson Mandela
The first scene of this late play ends with the line "The wills above be done, but I would fain die a dry death"
The Tempest
That's the St. Andrew's Cross in reversed colors on the flag of this Canadian province

Nova Scotia
Professor Sebald Brugmans pioneered methods to stop this, tissue death around a wound, & saved many after the Battle of Waterloo
necrosis (or gangrene)
A Stratford-upon-Avon statue of the Bard is surrounded by four characters, including this young prince from the history plays 
Henry
The flag of this African nation depicts a mokorotlo, a Basotho hat
Lesotho
Organic chemists John Roberts & this double Nobel winner made Caltech accept its first female Ph.D. candidate, Dorothy Semenow
Linus Pauling
This Roman tragedy premiered Jan. 24, 1594 & the stage blood has been flowing since
Titus Andronicus
The flag of Palau uses a similar design as, but a different color palate than, this country, independent since 1971

Bangladesh