Launch of the African Studies Program

In cooperation with the Representative Office of South Africa in Ramallah, IALIIS organized a session on the 27th of April 2015, to discuss the foundations of academic cooperation between Africa and Palestine, in order to launch the African Studies Program at IALIIS. The project aims at filling the knowledge gap between Palestine and South Africa, learning from the South African experience of liberation, and adopting the strategies that ended the Apartheid regime in South Africa. The launch event was attended by Mr. Makalima, the Representative of South Africa in Palestine; Nabeel Shaath, the Commissioner for International Relations; and Dr. Khawla Shaksheer, the Minister of Education.