29 May 2024 We call on our supporters to help us resist the Israeli campaign of scholasticide and rebuild our universities. We have come together as Palestinian academics and staff of Gaza universities to affirm our existence, the existence of…
GENEVA (18 April 2024) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the pattern of attacks on schools, universities, teachers, and students in the Gaza Strip, raising serious alarm over the systemic destruction of the Palestinian education system. “With more…
Since Israel began its military offensive against Gaza on 7th October, over 9000 Palestinians have been killed, over 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced, and entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. The Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific…
27th October 2023 As a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith charities working for the rights and wellbeing of the Palestinian people, we are united in issuing an urgent call to the government to support an immediate…
Fobzu joined Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, Amnesty International UK and War On Want, wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary following the recent Israeli military raid on Birzeit University’s campus in the occupied West Bank. Rt Hon James Cleverly…
Dr. Rami Salameh is an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University and is this year’s Fobzu-Oxford University MEC Writing Residency recipient. He spoke to Fobzu about his research interests, the challenges facing Palestinian higher education today and the value of initiatives such as the Fobzu-Oxford Writing Residency.
It is with gratitude and appreciation that we announce the retirement of Dr Donna Baillie as the Chair of the Board and Trustee of Fobzu. Dr Baillie's dedication, leadership, and commitment to our mission have been exemplary. Her years of service have left an indelible mark on Fobzu, developing our programme so that we can continue to support Palestinian higher education 45 years since Fobzu was founded.
Professor Arathi Sriprakash is a sociologist of education whose work focuses on the racial politics of knowledge in relation to education and international development. She became a Fobzu PALS Travel Fellow and joined the study tour to Palestine at the end of June. Professor Sriprakash spoke to Fobzu about her research interests, her experience as a PALS fellow and how she hopes to carry this forward in her work.
Make it a positive start to the new year for students in Palestine. Support the Fobzu Back to School Appeal.
Students at Birzeit University face a renewed escalation of arbitrary arrests as they prepare to return to campus next month. At this critical time, it is more crucial than ever that we continue standing in solidarity with Palestinian students and academics, to ensure that we support their fight to access education.
On 13 July, Fobzu spoke to the Right to Education Campaign (R2E) about Israel’s targeting and arrest of two women and Birzeit graduate students, Layan Kayed and Lama Ghosheh. Both Kayed and Ghosheh were released from military detention and house…
On 3rd July 2023, Israeli military forces launched a devastating assault on Jenin Refugee Camp, killing at least 12 Palestinians and injuring 140 others. In addition to the attack on Jenin, described by the UN as the ‘fiercest in over…
