New initiatives aim to provide opportunities for scholars and students in Gaza
Mou’yed Issa Talab Ismail was thrilled when, last month, he received an offer to begin a doctoral program in medical physics at the University of Sherbrooke. “Canada is considered one of the best countries in the world in my field of scientific research,” he says. “This will open the way for me to complete my studies.”
Overall, at least 1200 residents of Israel and more than 31,000 residents of Gaza have died in the war, with many more injured. In Gaza, Israeli attacks have likely damaged or destroyedof the region’s buildings, according to the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, an ad hoc association of academic researchers that uses remote sensing data to analyze the war’s impact.
That sentiment has prompted scientists around the world to call for greater efforts to support Gaza’s researchers and students. Some note that, after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, many institutions worldwide. But many of those institutions have remained largely silent on the Israel-Hamas war.
The international organization Scientists for Palestine traditionally organized mentoring for students in Gaza and college-level summer schools and conferences in the West Bank. They’ve also had to suspend much of their programming, and many students are now confronting the fact that their documentation—including transcripts and research notes—have been lost or destroyed.
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