An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities
Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist.
By Ayman Sobh, Omar Milad and Asad Asaad
President of Al-Aqsa University. President of Al-Azhar University – Gaza. President of the Islamic University of Gaza.
We, the presidents of Gaza’s three non-profit universities— Al-Aqsa University, Al-Azhar University-Gaza, and the Islamic University of Gaza — together accounting for the vast majority of Gaza’s students and faculty members, issue this unified statement to the international academic community at a time of unprecedented devastation of higher education in Gaza.
Israel’s ongoing genocidal war has brought about scholasticide—a systematic and deliberate attempt to eliminate our universities, their infrastructure, faculty, and students. This destruction is not collateral; it is part of a targeted effort to eradicate the foundations of higher education in Gaza—foundations that have long stood as pillars of resilience, hope, and intellectual freedom under conditions of occupation and siege. While academic institutions across Palestine have faced attacks for decades, what we are witnessing today is an escalation: a shift from repeated acts of destruction to an attempt at total annihilation…
Vollständiger Beitrag auf Englisch – ALJAZEERA – 14. 07.2025
