The Faculty of Sport Science at Arab American University hosted four professional athletes from different sport clubs in West Bank and Palestinian territories in a lecture entitled "Psychological pressure on professional players" to listen from their experience. Their visit was during the course of "Sports Psychology" lectured by Saba tractor.
Mr. Ihab Abu Jazar, and of Al-Amari Club coach and a former player in the Palestinian national team were part of the delegation the visited the university. Also Hilal Musa a player in the Palestinian national team and in Al-Ahli club in Hebron, and from the 48 Palestinian territories Abbas Suwan a player in the former club Sakhnin, and Manar Darawshe a player from Zalfah club also attended.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the University organized a seminar entitled "The Role of Culture in Economic and Social Development", on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the legends of economy and culture Rifat Sedqi Nimer.
With the presence of the Assistant President of the University for Community Affairs Dr. Iyad Dalbeh, Deputy Governor of Jenin Kamal Abu Rub, Director of the Culture office in Jenin Amal Abu Ghazal, Representative from The Palestinian Consultative Staff For Developing NGOs (PCS) Moatasem Zayed, Director of Bank of Palestine in Jenin Mahmoud Hammad, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Economy in Jenin Jalal Abu Bakr, and members of the faculty and representatives of government institutions, NGO’s and security sectors.
The Geographical Information Systems Department GIS at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University held a specialized seminar about geographical names in Palestine, presented by members of the National Committee for Geographical Names the Professor of Social and Historical Geography from Al-Quds University Dr. Fayez Freihat, and acting director of the Palestinian Geographical Center from the Ministry of Transportation and Communication Mr.
The seminar was opened by Dr. Faisal Sabah Head of the GIS Department at the University. The seminar emphasized the importance of this seminar in enhancing the students' knowledge of the importance of geographical names in Palestine and linking them to GIS systems and their future role in harnessing what they learned in the service of this important sector in Palestine. Which expresses the identity and belonging since the adherence of the names is part of the adherence of the land and history.
The Choir Band of the University played a musical show, where it presented a group of heritage and conservative songs that they have trained during the entire semester, in the presence of the University President Professor Dr. Ali Zidan Abu Zuhri, and his deputy for administrative and financial affairs Mr. Faleh Abu Arrah, and member of the Board of Directors Dr. Raed Dahlab, along with a large number of university students.
Prof. Abu Zuhri expressed his admiration for the heritage and national songs, assuring the importance of extracurricular activities, which encourages the spirit activity of students, noting that the university supports students' talents through extracurricular activities, thanking the Deanship of Student Affairs and the choir band members for their impressive show.
The Vice President of Arab American University Mr. Faleh Abu Arrah and the Minister of National Economy Mrs. Abeer Odeh signed an agreement to support innovation and technology transfer within the framework of cooperation between the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Ministry of National Economy in order to reflect the concept of intellectual property.
Mr. Abu Arrah said, “that Arab American University gives great importance to scientific research, innovation and creativeness, and works to encourage researchers and innovators in all fields. This agreement aims to establish the researcher's right to research, innovate and invent, promote scientific research and create a research environment.
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