The Policy and Conflict Resolution Studies Center at Arab American University, Ramallah Campus, organized a workshop entitled "The National Archive between Reality and the Future", which included representatives of official institutions, civil society and a number of academics interested in archiving and national narratives.
The workshop emphasizes the importance of the archive in preserving the collective memory and national identity, its role in writing history and building a narrative of the Palestinian biography based on its primary sources, especially in view of the increasing number of institutions working on collecting this archive in its various tangible and intangible fields.
The representative of the Republic of India to Palestine Mr. Aneesh Rajan, visited the University campus in Ramallah to discuss the means of academic and research cooperation, as he was introduced to the university and its academic programs in bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. In addition to discussing a number of ideas to open horizons of cooperation between the university and Indian universities, and the implementation of joint programs.
the Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Yousef Asfour welcomed the representative of the Republic of India along with the President of the University, Prof. Ali Zidan Abu Zuhri, the Academic Advisor Dr. Walid Dieb, the Vice Presidents.
The University organized a meeting in Ramallah Campus for Health Informatics Master Students about electronic health data, as part of the University's efforts to raise awareness and guide its students to the priorities of health information research required in Palestine.
The meeting was presented by the Health Systems director at the World Health Organization, Mr. Mohamed Bani Odeh, who presented for the students the sources of the electronic health data and focused on its importance and analysis to strengthen and support academic research.
Dr. Shahinaz Al-Najjar, a faculty member in the program and coordinator of the meeting, assured the importance of these researchs to improve the health situation in these new and unique topics.