A blockade of young minds
Abdalaziz Okasha , Comment is Free, The Guardian, UK , 11 September 2008
Abdalaziz Okasha is another one of the hundreds of students...
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“I used to dream about my future” – Israeli forces tear-gas school children in Ni’lin
On Tuesday September 9th, the pupils of the boys school in the West Bank village of Ni'lin started a protest against the building of...
Education, occupation, incarceration
The story of Omar Qassis, a Palestinian student from Birzeit University, detained without trial, is far from unusual. Over 80 other...
Deadline looms for another student trapped inside Gaza
Narratives Under Siege, PCHR, 8 September 2008
Nevin Abu Taima is still desperately trying to return to the US in order to resume her...
Jim Crow alive and well in Hebron
Joel Gulledge, CPT volunteer, Electronic Intifada , 3 September 2008
Joel Gulledge was accompanying school children on their daily...
Israelis hinder academic pursuits
Osama Dawoud, Deseret News , 3 September 2008
This year Osama Dawoud was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Utah to...
Petition to end violation of the right to education in Palestinian society
With the onset of the academic year and in light of the difficult political circumstances facing the Palestinian people (children and...
Israel Turns Gaza Into Prison For UConn Fulbright Scholar
Zohair M. Abu Shaban , Courant.com, 2 September 2008
Zohair M. Abu Shabah is a Fulbright Scholar from Gaza accepted to the University...
Education Denied – Darkening the Minds
"In the summer of 2007, during the vacation between finishing my Masters and starting my doctorate at the University of Illinois, I...
PACBI: Academic Freedom – not supported in Israel
In July 2008, four Israeli academics announced an initiative to secure the endorsement of senior academics at institutions of higher...
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