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The growing targeting of Palestinian students: An interview with LPHR
Last month, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association submitted a complaint to the United Nations Working Group for Arbitrary Detention about the ongoing Israeli military detention of three female Birzeit...
Old and new challenges as Birzeit begins new academic year
There was a clear buzz of excitement in posts by potential students in the official Birzeit University Facebook group, created for Palestinian students in the process of registering for undergraduate degree programmes at Birzeit University for the new academic...
Complaint submitted to the UN on detention of three female Birzeit students
This month UK based charity Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) launched a new campaign to tackle the growing number of Palestinian students arbitrarily arrested and detained by Israeli military forces, which has risen dramatically since August 2019, according...
Long serving trustee Prof Marwan Darweish, retires from the Board
Principal Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at Coventry University, Professor Marwan Darweish discusses Fobzu, Palestinian education and preserving Palestinian heritage Last month you retired from Fobzu's Board of Trustees after almost a decade as a board...
Professor Ussama Makdisi discusses colonialism, education and challenging stereotypes of the Arab world
Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. Your recent book, ‘Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Arab World’ (University of...
Online Event with Ussama Makdisi – Ecumenical Palestine, Colonialism & Education
EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION PROGRAMME Ecumenical Palestine, Colonialism & Education with Ussama Makdisi Professor of History and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University and Chair:...
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A publisher has paused further distribution of two textbooks used by UK high schools after a group of academics said in a report that they distorted the historical record and failed to offer pupils a balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-school-textbooks-middle-east-conflict-altered-favour-israel-report
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