This page will be periodically updated with links to scholarship, documents, and statements on Palestinian education and Israeli attacks on Palestinian educators, students, and academic infrastructure.
History of Palestinian Education
- Khalil Mahshi and Kim Bush, “The Palestinian Uprising and Education for the Future” (1989)
- Ibrahim Abu Lughod, “Palestinian Higher Education: National Identity, Liberation, and Globalization” (2000)
- Ido Zelkovitz, Students and Resistance in Palestine: Books, Guns and Politics (2014)
- Karma Nabulsi “Traditions of Liberation Education” (2018)
- Gabi Baramki, Peaceful Resistance: Building a Palestinian University Under Occupation (2019)
- Mayssoun Sukarieh, “Decolonizing Education, a View from Palestine: An Interview with Munir Fasheh” (2019)
- Nur Masalha, Palestine Across Millennia A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions (2022)
- Anne Irfan, “Why Palestinians Are Known as the World’s “Best Educated Refugees” (2023)
Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Educational and Cultural Institutions (Pre-2023)
- Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, “Palestinians, Education, and the Israeli ‘Industry of Fear’” (2010)
- Friends of Birzeit University, “Palestinian Education: Barriers to Access” (2017)
- Rona Sela, Looted and Hidden: Palestinian Archives in Israel (2017)
- Nick Riemer, “The Attack on Palestinian Universities” (2018)
- Daud Abdullah, “A Century of Cultural Genocide in Palestine” (2019)
The Gaza Scholasticide (2023-Present)
- Chandni Desai, “The War in Gaza is Wiping Out Palestine’s Education and Knowledge Systems” (2024)
- Nagham Mohanna and Nada AlTaher, “The War on Education: How Israel’s Destruction of Schools and Universities Will Set Gaza Back Decades” (2024)
- Ibtisam Mahdi, “The Decimation of Gaza’s Academia is ‘Impossible to Quantify’” (2024)
- Samar Saeed, “Israel’s Continued Colonial Policy of Eradicating Palestinian Knowledge” (2024)
- Jadaliyya, “Gaza On My Mind: Gaza Scholars Speak Out on Scholasticide” (2024)
- Mezna Qato and Basma Hajir, “Academia in a Time of Genocide: Scholasticidal Tendencies and Continuities” (2024)
Statements and Testimonies Regarding the Gaza Scholasticide
- Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world (2024)
Additional Resources