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Gaza universities struggle to stay afloat

Gaza’s universities are cutting professors’ salaries, reducing grants and increasing tuition fees as a result of the financial crisis plaguing the Gaza Strip.
KHAN YUNIS, -:  The new al-Aqsa University campus built on the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in Khan Yunis, 11 July 2006. The Palestinian Authority decided to build the new university on the land evacuated by Israeli Jewish settlers in the former Neve Dekalim settlement, instead of where the settlers had constructed permanent buildings. The settlement of Neve Dekalim was totally destroyed by Israeli bulldozers after their pullout in September 2005, but the permanment building was the only one lef

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mohammad Tayseer cannot afford the media faculty fees at Al-Aqsa University, although majoring in journalism has always been his dream. He loves photography and aspires to become a well-known journalist.

After Tayseer insisted with his father, the young would-be journalist managed to secure, with difficulty, $250 for the first semester. “I thought we only had to pay the enrollment fees, but then I realized that there would be daily transportation fees from the south of the Gaza Strip to Gaza City. I also need a laptop to write articles and a camera to take pictures. I don't know what to do,” he told Al-Monitor.

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