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Event 11th April – Education under siege: The experience of universities in Gaza
The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme co-hosted with the University & College Union (UCU) EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION Education under siege: The experience of universities in Gaza with Dr Mona Jebril, Cambridge University Chair:...
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Fobzu works with UNRWA to launch new scholarships for Palestinian refugees
In our 40th anniversary year, Fobzu has established ten new scholarships for Palestinian students studying at universities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Thanks to the generous help of our supporters, Fobzu has been working with UNRWA, the UN agency...
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A history of building solidarity with Palestine: Fobzu and the education trade unions
Former Fobzu trustee and UCU International Officer, Paul Bennett discusses his work with Fobzu since the First Intifada building solidarity with the education sector in Palestine I became involved in Fobzu in 1989, when Fobzu and the World University Service UK (WUS),...
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Event 7th March: ‘Alienation and Freedom’ with Dr Samah Jabr
The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION Alienation and Freedom: Education in the Struggle for National Liberation with Dr Samah Jabr George Washington University, Chair of the Mental Health Unit, Palestine...
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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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It cannot be right that Palestinians endure 71yrs of displacement, 52yrs of occupation, 12yrs of blockade in Gaza without accountability or redress. Permanent agenda items of the former UN Commission on HRs (South Africa, Chile), were removed after those situations resolved. https://t.co/rprWTBpooO
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