Writing Back to Palestine

Writing Back to Palestine

Mar 20, 2024 | Campus, Featured

By Elena Hijazi | Junior Editor I attended the “Writing Back to Palestine” event hosted by the AUB Writing Center during Palestine Week. Seeing the wonderful photographs of Palestinian riots and icons all around made for an environment that declared honoring its...
Jerusalem: City of All Desires

Jerusalem: City of All Desires

Mar 20, 2024 | Campus, Featured

By Lea Chichmanian | Campus Reporter On Wednesday March 6, University of Seniors hosted a discussion titled “Jerusalem: City of All Desires” at the American University of Beirut. The discussion was led by Mrs. Leila El Amad Bissat, member of UOS as well as AUB...
Voices from Gaza

Voices from Gaza

Mar 20, 2024 | Campus, Featured

By Nagham Khazaal | Campus Reporter On March 5th,  I attended an event titled “Voices from Gaza”, organized by the Palestinian Cultural Club at AUB. The speaker was Plestia Alaqad, a young Palestinian journalist from Gaza, a hero, and a survivor of the genocide. This...
Visualizing Palestine: Scrapbook Design

Visualizing Palestine: Scrapbook Design

Mar 20, 2024 | Campus

By Alissar Izrafeel | Staff Writer “Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story”, says the late Refaat AlAreer, Palestinian writer, poet, professor and activist from...
“AlQods”, a Talk by Leila Al Amad Bissat

“AlQods”, a Talk by Leila Al Amad Bissat

Mar 20, 2024 | Campus, Featured

University for Seniors “AlQods”, a talk by Leila Al Amad Bissat as part of Palestine Week at AUB, was organized by the University for Seniors. Leila, an AUB alumni trustee since 2020, and a travel writer who has published two travel diaries. Her father, a...