The Progressive Student Action Front at the Islamic University of Gaza launched the “1 Shekel Book Campaign” in response to the economic crisis being experienced by students in Gaza as a result of the ongoing Israeli siege.
Hundreds of students from all fields and levels of study are participating in the campaign’s services, especially after being faced with large increases in the prices of textbooks.
Comrade Haithem Abu Warda, the secretary of the Progressive Student Action Front at the Islamic University noted that many students cannot afford textbooks and must borrow books from their fellow students; the main objective of this campaign is to reduce the burden on students, he noted. Abu Warda noted that all students have benefitted from the campaign, of diverse political organizations and backgrounds.
The campaign has so far found an overwhelming response, particularly for the distribution of the book “Palestine Studies,” because of its relatively high cost; it is also required for most students at the university.
Previous campaigns have include free textbook initiatives and campaigns for free education for all. This campaign is part of the Front’s commitment to struggle for education for all and defend the rights of the popular classes to education.
In a separate context, Musa Ahmed, a student at the university urged that student elections be conducted according to the principle of proportional representation rather than individual lists, in order to produce a committed student union of high responsibility and to prevent a monopoly within the student union.
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