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Education
Two West Bank Schools Evacuated as Israeli Forces Storm the Area
Two Palestinian schools in the village of Till, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, have been evacuated after clashes with Israeli forces erupted in the area, the official Palestinian news […]
Introducing ‘Mr. Robot’: A Gaza Teacher Dazzles His Students with His Latest Invention (PHOTOS)
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Hassan Al-Razi, a 26-year-old teacher from the besieged Gaza Strip, created a homemade robot named ‘Mr. Robot’, to help him teach students in his classroom. ‘‘Mr. Robot’ is the first […]
Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Birzeit University Campus in West Bank (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation forces raided the campus of Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Tuesday The New Arab reported. Israeli soldiers broke into campus at around 4 am after beating the guards, […]
IN PHOTOS: Taqwa Nassar, Tenth Sibling to Graduate from Islamic University
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Taqwa Abdulhadi Nassar has made her parents’ dream come true as she became the last of ten siblings to graduate from college. Taqwa, 22, has just received a Bachelor’s degree […]
IN PHOTOS: Islamic University in Gaza Kickstarts Graduation Ceremonies
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Under the title of ‘Cohort of Excellence’, the Islamic University of Gaza celebrated its 40th cohort of graduates. The first day of the graduation ceremonies started on Sunday and was […]
‘Palestine 1’: Young Engineer Invents First Palestinian Satellite
By Romana Rubeo A Palestinian female engineer, Bayan Abu Salameh, invented a new method for building miniature satellites and named the prototype ‘Palestine 1’, making it the first-ever Palestinian satellite, Al Mayadeen news reported […]
85-Year-Old Palestinian Woman Awarded Bachelor’s Degree
Palestinian Jihad Buttu has obtained her bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law at the age of 85, the Middle East Monitor reported. Born in 1936 in the West Bank city of Nablus, Buttu attended school in […]
Palestinian Teacher Shortlisted for World’s Best Teacher Award
The Palestinian Ministry of Education has announced that Nesreen Qutainah, a science and maths teacher at Dora Primary School for Girls in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil (Hebron), has been shortlisted for this […]
WATCH: 13 Palestinians, Including School Principal, Detained in West Bank Raids
Israeli forces today detained at least 13 Palestinians, including a school principal, across the West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local sources confirmed that Israeli police detained the principal of a secondary […]
Birzeit University Protests Mass Detention of Students
The Student Union at Birzeit University organized today a sit-in in front of the university to protest the Israeli occupation forces’ detention of 33 students. Soldiers yesterday stopped 45 students following their solidarity visit to […]
Palestine Chronicle Organizes Its First Media Training Workshop in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestine Chronicle organized its first media training workshop in Gaza on Wednesday, March 10. The training, which was conducted by Palestine Chronicle correspondent in the Gaza Strip Abdallah Aljamal, […]
Gaza Eases COVID Restrictions: Tawjihi Students Back in School (PHOTOS)
By Wafa Aludaini Gaza authorities began easing up COVID-19 restrictions Saturday, allowing Tawjihi students (final year of high school) to resume their studies, although under strict safety measures. Gaza’s Ministry of Education issued a statement […]
Palestine Urges International Intervention to Stop Israeli Demolition of West Bank School
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today called on international human rights organizations and international allies to intervene and stop the Israeli demolition of Ras al-Tin school, located east of Ramallah, following the Israeli Civil Administration’s cancelation […]
80-Year-Old Teacher Helps Students as COVID-19 Lockdown Persists in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Fawzi Mahmoud Ikram al-Astal is an 80-year-old math teacher, who, despite old age, has stepped up to help students in Gaza City keep up with their studies, as the COVID-19 lockdown persisted in the […]
Liberation Through a Pen: Education in Occupied Palestine, Turtle Island and Cuba
By Benay Blend In a recent Facebook post, author Susan Abulhawa said that it’s hard not to believe that “with all their privilege and resources, cannot imagine a single alternative to educating their children except […]
EU, Denmark, PA to Fund 16 Infrastructure Projects in Area C (VIDEO)
The EU will begin a €5.8 million ($6.63 million) construction agreement with the Palestinian Authority in ‘Area C’ of the occupied West Bank, according to a statement from the Office of the EU Representative in […]
Israeli Soldiers Raid School, Terrorize Students near Ramallah (VIDEO)
Israeli forces raided today a school and terrorized its students in the village Deir Nizam, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Israeli Soldiers raided the school and ransacked classrooms, causing […]
Israeli Army Demolishes School Foundations East of Yatta
Israeli forces today demolished the foundations of a new school in Southern West Bank, according to Rateb Jabour, a member of the National and Popular Committee Resisting the Wall and Settlements. Jabour told WAFA that […]
Israel’s Renewed Campaign against UNRWA is an Attack on Palestinian Education and Liberation
By Ramona Wadi The international community has still not caught up with or refuses to acknowledge, Israel’s commitment to countering each purported victory for the Palestinians with yet more violations. These countermeasures implemented by Israel, […]
UNRWA Fires 17 Teachers Due to Budget Deficit
UNRWA has sacked 17 teachers from its schools in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Safa news agency reported yesterday. UNRWA claimed that the teachers were surplus to necessity. However, the human rights group, Shahed, said that the […]
Brown University Votes for BDS: US University Wants to Divest from Israeli Business
Brown University yesterday voted in favor of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to financially pressure Israel into ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and allow full equality for its Arab-Palestinian […]
Israeli Forces Assault Palestinian Students near Nablus
Israeli forces on Sunday morning assaulted students and prevented them from attending their school in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, local sources said. Israeli […]
Israel to Wipe out Palestinian Curriculum in Jerusalem
Up to 100,000 Palestinian students are facing the threat of using distorted schoolbooks in occupied Jerusalem, Deputy Palestinian Education Minister Basri Saleh said on Sunday. According to Arab48, during a meeting held in Cairo, Basri said […]
Jewish Settlers Uproot Olive Trees, Attack School near Nablus (VIDEO)
Fanatic Jewish settlers today copped off dozens of olive trees in the village of Burin, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, said local sources. The sources said that settlers from […]
Palestinian Refugee Students Must Not be Incidental to Humanitarian Endeavors
By Ramona Wadi Despite financial setbacks caused by political agendas and misconduct allegations, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) ensured that its schools opened on time for the new academic year. Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl […]
PCBS: Palestine Literacy Rate up to 97.2% (VIDEO)
Illiteracy rates among Palestinians aged 15 years and above fell from 13.9 percent in 1997 to 2.8 percent in 2018, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said. In a report issued yesterday to mark […]
Palestinian Student Who Was Denied Entry Arrives at Harvard
A seventeen-year-old Palestinian student from Lebanon who was denied entry into the United States last month has been granted access to enter the country in time to begin classes at Harvard University today. When Ismail Ajjawi […]
Palestinian Harvard Student Deported for Friends’ Facebook Posts (VIDEO)
A Palestinian student’s plans to start his freshman year at Harvard was thwarted by Boston immigration officials after they allegedly read posts on his friends’ Facebook that “opposed” the US. Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, from […]
Israel Stops Construction of New School in Bedouin Village under Rightwing Pressure
The Israeli government has moved to stop construction of a school in an unrecognized Bedouin Palestinian village, after pressure from a notorious right-wing group, reported Haaretz. According to the report, a Finance Ministry department that […]
Gaza’s Universities: Financial Crisis Threatens Continuity of Work
Palestinian universities in the Gaza Strip are suffering from a severe financial crisis that threatens the continuity of their work next year, academics and university administrators said on Thursday. On the sidelines of a meeting […]