Since October 7, 2023, the destruction of Palestinian institutions of higher education and the killing of Palestinian scholars in Gaza and the West Bank has risen to a level that has led analysts to describe Israeli targeting of the educational sector as scholasticide or cultural genocide. In this November 12, 2024 roundtable with MESA Global Academy scholars in or displaced from Gaza, the participants examined indigenous efforts to sustain and rebuild higher education in the midst and wake of genocide. Dr. Mezna Qato of Cambridge University and Dr. Judith Tucker of Georgetown University chaired the session at the MESA Annual Meeting.
Ahmed Abu Shaban, Al-Azhar University
Wesam Amer, Gaza University
Ata Darwish, Al-Azhar University
Osama Hamdouna, Al-Azhar University
Mnawwar Najim, Islamic University of Gaza
