4 February, 15:00-17:30 GMT
In this special event, Palestinian scholars and activists working on the ground throughout Palestine and their international allies foreground the centrality of education to Palestinian life, identity, history, heritage, culture, and humanity. For Palestinians, education is not just specialisation in a particular subject or a ladder towards a better future, but also moreover a link to the past and a promise of liberation. Education is truth. Education is life.
This event seeks to celebrate Palestinian education, to mourn the losses incurred by its attempted destruction, and to showcase efforts in Palestine and globally to support and sustain it. The event is structured in two parts:
In Part 1, “The University as a Repository of Life,” Palestinian scholars from Gaza, the West Bank, and the diaspora discuss the history of attacks on Palestinian higher education and the conditions they are currently experiencing at their institutions.
In Part 2, “How to Support, Sustain, and Rebuild Palestinian Education,” Palestinian educators and their international allies showcase some of the concrete initiatives that are helping support, sustain and rebuild Palestinian education.
Speakers include:
- Ahmad Abu Shaban
- Summer Abu Mughli
- Maryam Hmoudah
- Rania Jawad
- Ahmed Kamal Junina
- Rabab Abdulhadi
- Sundos Hammad
- Abdel Razzaq Takriti
- Shahinaz Geneid
- Tony Alessandrini
- Jonah Rubin