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…
EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION PROGRAMME Land, Memory & Belonging: A conversation about art and education in Palestine with Vera Tamari with Vera Tamari and Dr Yara Sharaf (Westminster University) [button link=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/land-memory-and-belonging-with-vera-tamari-tickets-660367074697″] REGISTER HERE[/button] Vera Tamari is one of…
Rawan is a recipient of Fobzu’s Dominic Simpson Memorial Scholarship, having previously been supported by the Dominic Simpson Memorial Trust, which closed in 2021. She has now graduated with a degree in Computer System Engineering from Birzeit University having excelled…
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…
Last week Fobzu board member Dr Mezna Qato took time out of her research trip to the occupied West Bank to return to Birzeit University and meet with students and colleagues on campus. Meeting with members of the Advancement…
Earlier this month, Israeli military authorities issued a new directive marking a major tightening of restrictions on international faculty and students teaching and learning at Palestinian universities in a step described by Birzeit University as imposing a ‘siege’ on Palestinian…
Israeli military forces stormed Birzeit University campus on Monday afternoon. As students and lecturers were coming and going from classes, they were met with live fire from Israeli soldiers following undercover forces that had infiltrated the university. Five students were…
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Dr Lisa Taraki is one of Birzeit University’s longest serving faculty members, having taught for more than 43 years. She came to Palestine from Afghanistan via the United States and for more than four decades has epitomised Birzeit’s commitment to…
Palestinian students are struggling The Palestinian economy is under siege and Gaza has faced a worsening humanitarian crisis over the past 13 years since the illegal blockade began. COVID-19 has deepened the crisis – unemployment in Gaza has now…
We discuss Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and education with UCL Institute of Education researcher, Dr Mai Abu Moghli. Fobzu is hosting a webinar on Education in Exile: Exclusion and Resistance of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon on 17th November. To attend,…
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 students. LPHR…
