Dr Wesam Amer will deliver a talk on scholasticide on Thursday 06 February at 7pm in C104 (first floor Henry Grattan building), Dublin City University Glasnevin Campus.
Dr Wesam Amer is a vsiting researcher at Cambridge University; former Fulbright scholar at Harvard University; former Marie Curie fellow at Newcastle University.
In the Journal of Palestine Studies, Wesam recently published a ‘Personal Reflections on Israel’s War on Education in Gaza‘. In it, he writes:
I’ve had to watch colleagues, friends, and former students make the same painful choice to leave in order to survive. Each one who leaves takes with them their expertise, passion, and the potential to inspire the next generation. Every time an intellectual leaves Gaza, it weakens our community and dims the future we’ve been fighting for. The challenge of reversing this brain drain feels immense, especially as I now find myself part of the very exodus I once fought against.
I see a generation of students slipping away, their futures bleak. These students who have already endured so much—repeated wars, constant instability—are now facing the unthinkable: the possibility that their education may never resume.
The talk is open to the public. Contact eileen.culloty@dcu.ie for more information if required.
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