Last month the director of Fobzu, was invited to jointly open the 2024 British Association for International & Comparative Education conference, themed “Transgression and Transformation: (Re)bordering Education in Times of Conflict and Crises.” His joint keynote presentation with Arathi Sriprakesh,…
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…
Arwa, a Fobzu-UNRWA scholarship recipient, speaks about student life in Gaza. A final year student of Computer Science at the Islamic University of Gaza, Arwa has excelled throughout her course, despite the major challenges facing university students in in the…
Israel’s 11-day military offensive against Gaza in May had a devastating impact on the besieged Strip. The attack killed 260 Palestinians, among them 66 children, with over 2,200 people injured. Over 100,000 Palestinians fled their homes, many relying on shelter…
