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Event 24th May: Access to Education and Dignity for Palestinian Refugees
Fobzu and UCU present The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION Access to Education and Dignity for Palestinian Refugees with Christopher Gunness, Chief Spokesperson, UNRWA Dr Caroline Pontefract, Director of...
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Fobzu launches new website for 40th anniversary
Since 1978, Fobzu has worked to support Palestinian education by raising awareness in the UK about the challenges, struggles and inspiration of Palestinian students and educators. From its early years onwards, Fobzu press releases, bulletins and regular newsletters...
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UNRWA’s funding crisis threatens Palestinian education and the rights and dignity of Palestinian refugees
Since its founding in 1949, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has provided a vital infrastructure dedicated to protecting the rights and dignity of the Palestinians who were made homeless during the Nakba of...
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Fobzu Director speaks to sixth formers at Notting Hill and Ealing High School about supporting Palestine’s future
On the morning of Friday 9th February, Fobzu Director, Omar Shweiki, spoke to sixth form students at Notting Hill and Ealing High School about the urgent cause of Palestinian education. Addressing a hall of 50 A-level students, he introduced the topic of the right to...
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MPs hold debate on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children
Israel currently holds around 6,119 Palestinians in jail, of whom 330 are children. According to Addameer, the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association on average 700 children from the occupied West Bank are prosecuted in Israeli military courts every year. The...
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Letter to Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, on Israel’s entry ban of 19 human rights and faith organisations
As a member of the Palestine Platform, Fobzu was a signatory to this letter: The Rt. Honourable Boris Johnson, MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH 23 January 2018 Dear Secretary of State Boris Johnson, On 7...
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Happening now in @ucl’s Elvin Hall, hosted by @fobzu and @ucu, hearing from Chris Guinness and Caroline Pontefract from @UNRWA. All welcome!
When we lose sight of that fact that all children deserve equal opportunities, no matter where they were born, we have lost our hope for the future.
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Looking forward to hearing from @UNRWA speakers at tonight's @fobzu & @ucu event. #DignityIsPriceless
TONIGHT! @fobzu & @ucu launch 'Education, Occupation & Liberation' series @IOE_London: 'Access to Education & Dignity for Palestinian Refugees' w/ @UNRWA Chief Spokesperson and Dir of Education. Just a few places left. https://t.co/2FKzRLwrey … @UCL_UCU @ucuatioe @UCUSOAS