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UK charities statement on US so-called ‘Deal of the Century’
Charities urge UK government to uphold principles of international law and justice in face of US so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ (20 May 2019) Today, the Palestinian people are facing a national emergency and urgently need our support. Since the election of President...
Prof Abdel Razzaq Takriti: Liberating the Study of Palestine
Award-winning scholar of modern Palestinian and Arab history, Professor Abdel Razzaq Takriti (University of Houston), gave the third lecture of the 2019 Education, Occupation & Liberation series the day following the annual...
Fobzu pays tribute to Patron Sir Michael Atiyah (1929-2019)
Sir Michael Atiyah, who died this January aged 89, was one of the leading mathematicians of his generation and a dedicated supporter of freedom and justice for the Palestinians and other Arab peoples. The British-Lebanese scholar achieved the highest accolades...
Event 16th May: Decolonising the Study of Palestine 71 Years after the Nakba
Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme co-hosted with the University & College Union (UCU) EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION Decolonising the Study of Palestine 71 Years after the Nakba with Professor Abdel Razzaq Takriti,...
Fobzu joins NGOs in condemning UK dereliction of responsibility at the UN Human Rights Council
Fobzu joined nine other UK charities and NGOs to condemn the UK government’s decision to abstain on a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council last month which backed the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry into the 2018 protests in Gaza. The charities...
Dr Samah Jabr: Education can be a source of alienation or an instrument of freedom
Samah Jabr, leading Palestinian psychiatrist, writer, and Chair of the Palestinian Mental Health Unit, opened the first event of 2019 in the Education, Occupation & Liberation series with a lecture on the colonial predicament facing the Palestinian people. ...
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Applications Now Open for the 2020 Fobzu-Oxford Writing Residency! In partnership with the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford University, Fobzu is supporting a scholar based at a Palestinian university to complete a writing project in Oxford. https://fobzu.org/blog/2020/01/23/fobzu-oxford-writing-residency/
Job opportunity! Fobzu is looking to hire for the new part time post of Communications and Administrative Officer. Energetic, dedicated candidates apply! Deadline 23rd Feb. Info in link.
https://fobzu.org/blog/2020/01/22/were-hiring-communications-and-administrative-officer-part-time/
#BDS tactics are a part of the protest history of this country. This announcement is an early warning of where this government will stand on human rights. https://waronwant.org/media/uk-ban-bds-public-bodies