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*FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE FOR FULL PROGRAM AND FREE REGISTRATION*Education is a lifeline and a foundation for Gaza’s reconstruction and renewal. That very foundation is now under existential threat. Universities and colleges across Gaza have been deliberately and extensively targeted, and all have been destroyed or severely damaged. Academics and students have been killed, displaced and deprived of their right to education.
Yet Palestinian academics, universities and civil society continue to work to sustain higher education and keep the doors to learning open.
Join us for a public seminar exploring Palestinian-led efforts to safeguard higher education in Gaza, the resilience of its academic community, and the responsibility of the international community to stand in solidarity and turn words into action.
Bringing together university leadership from Gaza, international experts and Norwegian representatives, the seminar will explore the destruction of Palestinian higher education – often referred to as scholasticide – and what can be done to support its survival, resilience and recovery. What does meaningful solidarity look like in practice? And what concrete steps can international academic institutions and actors in Norway take, both now and in the years ahead?
Keynotes and introductions by:
- Dr Nasseridin Elmezaini, Founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University of Gaza and member of the Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza
- Omar Shweiki, Director of Friends of Palestinian Universities (FPU) and co-editor of the report "Scholasticide in Gaza: The Systematic Destruction of Palestinian Higher Education and the Continuation of Collective Resilience
- Dr Tareq Emtairah, Director General of Taawon
This seminar is organised by Ingeniører Uten Grenser Norge, SAIH – Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond, Norsk PEN og Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap - OsloMet.
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Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, 0157 Oslo, Norge, Oslo, Norway
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