CALIFORNIA (AA) – A group of students at California’s Stanford University has staged a 19-day sit-in protest, calling on the university to condemn Israel’s siege of Gaza and vowing to continue until their demands are met. “For our Palestinian brothers and sisters, we want to keep the conversation going in regards to the...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday said it struck the Islamic University of Gaza, claiming it is an “important Hamas operational, political and military center.” “Hamas transformed a university into a training camp for weapons development and military intelligence,” it said. The Islamic University of Gaza wa...
Funds had been frozen in December 2022 due to the interim Taliban administration’s ban on women working in non-governmental organizations BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU has announced to release €140 million (nearly $150 million) in aid for education, healthcare, agriculture, and women’s economic advancement in Afghanistan. The fu...
They stress urgency because loan repayments, paused for three years because of pandemic, are scheduled to resume Oct. 1 WASHINGTON – Leaders of 20 cities and counties have called on President Joe Biden to expedite promised student debt relief. They represent more than 1.2 million borrowers with about $50 billion in student loan Although ...
Asni, Morocco — AFP In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre walk from their remote village of Tinghar to […]
HARTFORD, Connecticut – A study led by the Yale School of Medicine has found that Asian-American medical students frequently face racism and often feel neglected in their training environment. The study was triggered by personal experiences with racism during the COVID -19 pandemic, in which Asian Americans were exposed to prejudice beca...
PARIS (AA) – France’s education minister on Tuesday said that they do not distinguish between the students based on their religion. Gabriel Attal said he stands by his decision to ban the abaya in school buildings, reminding that it falls in the framework of the law of 2004. “The Council of State’s rule over an [&hellip...
TRAPPES, France (AA) – A group of people staged a protest in the northern French city of Trappes on Friday against a ban on Muslim girls wearing abaya in schools. The group, along with some parents of schoolgirls, staged the protest under the banner “Don’t Touch My Abaya Community” in front of La Plaine de […]
Afghan interim education officials brief OIC scholars on curricula, environment for girls’ education ISTANBUL (AA) – A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reminded Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government on Wednesday that education is an “Islamic obligation for both men and women....
SAVE plan was launched by the Biden administration just two weeks ago, and 4 million people have already signed up for it WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers in Congress are trying to block President Biden’s new plan for student loan relief. The plan, called Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), would base monthly payments on studen...
