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The Arab American University submitted a project proposal to the European Erasmus Program at the beginning of this year. The project passed all stages of evaluation successfully and outperformed dozens of proposals submitted by many other Palestinian higher education institutions to finally win the funding. Al-Quds University, Birzeit University, An-Najah National University, Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education, participate in the project led by the Arab American University.

The thesis presented a research in the field of manual graphics-based image retrieval (SBIR) to find similar images from big databases by entering sketches into a model composed of a generative unit and a retrieval unit. This model aims to develop the ability to view and retrieve images from big databases, and to solve the problem of linking manual drawings to groups of images that are seen during training and that fail to generalize to groups that are not visible.

The tour included an exploration of the contested geopolitical structures in Jerusalem, a visit to the Old City to understand the social and historical context and learn about the impact of the Jewish settlement on the Old City and on the Muslim and Christian Neighborhoods.

Dr. Asfour was accompanied on his tour by the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Ali Zedan Abu Zuhri, the Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Dr. Bara Asfour, the Vice President for Medical faculties Affairs, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asia, and the General Manager of the University Company, Mr. Faleh Abu Arrah.