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UN Committee Chair calls for solidarity with the Palestinian People
In a talk co-hosted by Fobzu and the Centre for Palestine Studies (SOAS), SOAS Palestine Society and others, H.E. Ambassador Cheikh Niang told an audience of SOAS students and staff on Thursday that citizens around the world have a vital role to play in realising the...
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“The cause of Palestinian trauma is injustice”
On 21st November Professor Rita Giacaman of Birzeit University delivered a lecture on ‘The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth’ at the Institute of Education. Professor Giacaman is universally regarded as the leading scholar of Palestinian psychosocial health....
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Event 21st Nov: The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth
The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation & Resistance with Professor Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University Chair: Professor Ann Phoenix, UCL ...
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“We must defend the right [of the Palestinians] to a self-determined education”
On 17th October Fobzu held the third event in the Education, Occupation & Liberation programme on the topic of ‘Palestinian universities under occupation and academic freedom’. The panel discussion held at the Institute of Education drew a large audience of...
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Fobzu joins with education unions in calling on the UK government to stand up for Palestinian universities
On Monday 15th October, Fobzu and representatives of the major education unions - including UCU, NEU, NASUWT, EIS and UNISON - wrote to Minister of State for the Middle East, The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP to call on the UK government to stand up for Palestinian students...
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Event 17th Oct: Palestinian Universities Under Occupation
Fobzu and UCU present Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION Palestinian Universities Under Occupation & Academic Freedom with Professor Roger Heacock, Birzeit University Dr Mezna Qato, King's College,...
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