Peaceful Resistance - Building a Palestinian University Under Occupation

Informationen zum Autor Gabi Baramki was a major figure in the Palestinian resistance movement, who devoted his life to education at Birzeit University, including 19 years as President of the University. He co-founded the PEACE and was awarded the Medal Palme Academique by the French Ministry of Education. He is the author of Peaceful Resistance (Pluto, 2009). Klappentext This book tells the remarkable story of Bierzeit University, one of Palestine's foremost educational institutions. When Dr. Gabi Baramki co-founded Birzeit's first degree program in 1972, he was determined to create a Palestinian national university despite Israel 's occupation. Democracy and tolerance would be among its mandatory subjects. Dr. Baramki has been dragged from his home at night, beaten and arrested. As Vice-Chancellor, he has been liaising with Israeli prisons and comforting bereaved Palestinian parents. This memoir should be required reading for anyone concerned about the right to learn. Zusammenfassung The inspiring and sobering story of Palestine's oldest university

Product details

• Authors: Gabi Baramki, Gabriel Baramki, Baramki Gabi
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2009
• EAN: 9780745329321
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2932-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political activism, Political activism / Political engagement