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PHOTOS: A ruined university in northern Gaza becomes a refuge
Forced out of their homes once more, thousands of Palestinians have crowded into the Islamic University campus, west of Gaza City — where burning books is the only way to boil water, heat food, and stay warm.
By
Ruwaida Amer
April 15, 2025
In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our students.
By
Mahmoud Al-Omour
November 7, 2024
For Gaza’s schoolchildren, another year of destruction, loss, and uncertainty
Makeshift schools in tent camps have served thousands of Palestinian children. But can they survive the approaching winter and Israel’s intensifying assaults?
By
Ruwaida Amer
and
Ibtisam Mahdi
October 24, 2024
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The decimation of Gaza’s academia is ‘impossible to quantify’
With thousands of faculty and students likely killed and campuses destroyed, Palestinian universities in the Strip are barely surviving Israel’s scholasticide.
By
Ibtisam Mahdi
July 26, 2024
Defying PA repression, Palestinian teachers lead biggest strike in years
Amid an economic crisis caused by Israeli policies and PA corruption, teachers are bringing schools and streets to a standstill until their demands are met.
By
Basel Adra
April 18, 2023
East Jerusalem does need schools. But not on the ruins of Palestinian homes
Far from serving the needs of Sheikh Jarrah’s residents, the Jerusalem Municipality’s excuse for expelling the Salhiyeh family is entirely cynical.
By
Orly Noy
January 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Amid rubble and trauma, Gaza goes back to school
With displaced families still living in some schools, and despite severe damage to classrooms, Gaza’s children return to school after a summer of Israeli bombardment. Photos by: Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler Despite damaged classrooms and destroyed schools, Gaza’s school year began this week after delays due to the recent…
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Activestills
September 18, 2014
An education in inequality for East Jerusalem’s children
The number of classrooms, the availability of counselors and the numbers of dropout prevention programs constitute a grievous violation of the right to education for tens of thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren in Jerusalem. By Betty Herschman In cities around the world, most parents agonize about their kids’ first day of school. They worry about whether…
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+972 Magazine
September 2, 2013
Kids’ wars: Bullying, now and then
“She’s stupid and ugly!” shouted one of my third graders in an outburst of rage and tears. She sat hunched over, fuming, pointing her back directly at another of my students who had wronged her in some mysterious way I didn’t manage to understand. “Shut your face!” retorted the supposed perpetrator. In these moments, which…
By
Ori J. Lenkinski
February 27, 2012
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