The sports hall at the university hosted the female handball championship for Palestinian universities organized by the Palestinian Union for University Sports, with the participation of four universities: AAUP, Al- Khadouri, AL-Najah and Hebron.
AAUP team won the female handball championship where it took first place. Second place Al-Najah team, third place Hebron university team
Mr. Hassan Nassif, head of the Competitions Committee at the Palestinian Union for University Sports and the supervisor of sports activities at Arab American University, said that this championship is part of the unions activities in the second semester of 2019. That aims to enhance the cooperation among universities in the field of sports.
The two researchers at Arab American University, Abeer Abdullah Zaarour (Abu Moyes), specialized in computer science and Maysem Mohammed Ahmed Abdullah, specialized in physics, won the Palestine Islamic Bank Prize for Scientific Research ranking second and third place.
They announced the winners and gave them the financial awarded during the ceremony held at Palestine Polytechnic University in the presence of PLO Executive Committee member Mr. Ahmad Al-Tamimi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Palestine Polytechnic University Mr. Refat Tahboub, Director General of the Bank Mr. Bayan Qassem and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Creativity and Excellence Eng. Adnan Samara.
Aminah Abu-Arrah won the first prize in the "Afrabia" competition for Arab youth – Film category, for a film entitled "Four".
She was honored in The capital of Sudan Khartoum at a ceremony organized by Arab African Youth Council, in the presence of the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Sudan, Dr. Sameer Abdul Jabbar, and a number of Arab ambassadors and representatives of Arab League, African Union and a number of Sudanese Ministers, Thinkers, and media professionals.