MENA Universities Join Global Protests Over War in Gaza
Wagdy Sawahel | 03 May 2024 | University World News
Students and academic communities at universities and higher education institutions located in Middle East and North African (MENA) countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iran, Kuwait, Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco have organised protests to demand an end to the Israeli military operation and rising death toll in Gaza while acknowledging the efforts of student protesters around the world.
The demonstrations come in the wake of massive pro-Palestine student protests across American, European and Asian university campuses which have called for a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, for universities to stop investing in Israeli enterprises involved with the country’s military, and for an end to US military assistance to Israel….