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Monday, September 11, 2023
Student Wahaj Bani Mufleh’s Work Displayed at a Photo Exhibition on the Palestinian Case in France

Wahaj Bani Mufleh, a student at the Faculty of Modern Media at the Arab American University, participated in an exhibition in Paris organized by French photographer Josy Draay entitled “Palestine: Resistance, Dignity, Solidarity.”

The exhibition included 20 carefully selected photographs of Beni Mufleh from multiple areas in Palestine, including Jenin and its camp, Nablus and its camps, and the town of Beita. The photographs were displayed alongside works by photographer Attia Darwish from the Gaza Strip.

The exhibition aims to shed light on the reality in Palestine and highlight the names of distinguished Palestinian photographers in the field of photojournalism. The exhibition was visited by more than 2,000 people interested in photography and the Palestinian case, in addition to a number of prominent figures.

Thursday, September 7, 2023
AAUP Concludes the First Session of the International Graduate Summer School Program

The Conflict Studies Research Center at the Arab American University completed its first session of the International Graduate Summer School program, in which a group of postgraduate students of different nationalities and specializations from The New School University of America participated.

The first session, which started in early July of this year, lasted for two months. The program provided the international students with an opportunity to study in Palestine and learn the Arabic language, in addition to enrolling in two courses in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and acquiring credit hours as part of their university studies. The two courses are: Palestinian identity and culture, and the structuralism and culture of the Settler Colonialism in Comparative Perspective.

Thursday, September 7, 2023
An AAUP Research Team Participates in the International Information Technology Conference Entitled “Cybersecurity Challenges for Sustainable Cities”

A research team from the Arab American University participated in the 2023 International Conference on Information Technology, which was held in its eleventh edition at Al-Zaytoonah University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

During the conference, master’s students and researchers from the Department of Natural, Engineering, and Technological Sciences at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the Arab American University presented research papers in the fields of data science and cybersecurity. Recently, all accepted papers were listed in the IEEE Xplore digital library. The research papers are entitled as follows:

Sunday, August 27, 2023
AAUP and the National Library Sign a Cooperation Agreement

The Arab American University and the Palestinian National Library signed a cooperation agreement for the sake of exchanging cultural and scientific experiences and preserving the Palestinian cultural heritage.

The agreement was signed by Prof. Dr. Ali Zedan Abu Zuhri, President of the University, and Mr. Issa Qaraqe, Head of the Palestinian National Library, on the University campus in Ramallah, with the presence of officials from both parties.

Sunday, August 27, 2023
A Jerusalemite Delegation Visits AAUP in Ramallah

The founder Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab American University, Dr. Yousef Asfour, received a Jerusalemite delegation in the city of Ramallah to thank the University for the scholarships it provided to Jerusalem students.

The Jerusalemite delegation included the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Iraq, Dr. Ahmed Al-Ruwaidi, the Deputy Governor of Jerusalem, Dr. Abdullah Siam, the Advisor to the Governor of Jerusalem, Marouf Al-Rifai, the Vice President of Hilal Al-Quds Club Awad Al-Salaimeh, and the President of the Prisoner Club in Jerusalem, Nasser Qus. At the reception, Dr. Asfour was accompanied by the general manager of the University Company, Mr. Faleh Abu Arra.

Monday, August 7, 2023
AAUP and Al Jazeera Network Grant Shireen Abu Akleh Scholarship in Digital Media to Habiba Shadeed the Top Student in the Literary Stream

The founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab American University, Dr. Yousef Asfour, granted the “Shireen Abu Akleh Scholarship in Digital Media” to the student Habiba Shadeed, who got the top grade in the literary stream at the level of Palestine with an average of 99.6%.

The meeting of granting the bachelor's scholarship at the Faculty of Modern Media was attended by the representative of Al-Jazeera News Media Network, Givara Budeiri, the Vice President of the University in Ramallah Campus, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, the Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs Dr. Bara Asfour, the Dean of the Faculty of Modern Media Dr. Hanadi Dweikat, and the Assistant Dean, Dr. Saeed Abu Mualla, the general manager of the Arab American University, Mr. Faleh Abu Arra, and the student Shadeed with her family.

Sunday, August 6, 2023
AAUP's Conflict Studies Research Center Pays a Visit to Several Organizations

The Conflict Studies Research Center at the Arab American University organized a field visit to the headquarters of the Palestinian Radio and Television Corporation in Ramallah, and to the Sakia Foundation in Ein Qinya, as part of the "AAUP - International Summer School 2023" program, in partnership with The American New School.

At the headquarters of the Palestinian Radio and Television, the students of the program visited various departments and learned about the process of producing TV and radio programs and the modern editing and directing techniques used by the Television in transmitting news and media materials to the public.

Thursday, August 3, 2023
Admission Applications are now being Accepted to the Ph.D. Programs for Fall Semester of Academic Year 2023/2024

The Faculty of Graduate Studies in Arab American University (AAUP) announces the start date of accepting applications for the Ph.D. Programs for the Fall Semester of the academic year 2023/2024 to be from Thursday August. 3rd, 2023 until Tuesday October. 31th, 2023.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Student Fadia Ibrahim Defends Her Ph.D. Dissertation in Business

Researcher Fadia Ibrahim, a Ph.D. student in the joint business program with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, defended her dissertation entitled: "School Principals' Practices in Technological Leadership and its Impact on the Technology Integration by Teachers."

The study aimed to investigate the impact of school principals' practices in technological leadership on teachers' integration of technology into classrooms, considering the variables of professional development, gender, experience, and professional diploma in school leadership. Data was collected by conducting a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 319 principals and 895 teachers from Palestinian public schools.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Defense of a Master's Thesis by Thaer Darabi' in Data Science and Business Analysis

Researcher Thaer Darabi', a student in the master's program of data science and business analysis, defended his thesis entitled: "Using Competitive Generative Networks in Retrieving Images Based on Manual Graphics."

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.

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