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00:00:00Hasten to salvation.
00:00:16This ball was before the war. It was good and nice
00:00:18Hasten to salvation. and good. It wasn't as compressed as this. When the war came,
00:00:22our house was bombed, and we came out from under our house and found it torn and we didn't find anything.
00:00:26I made it myself. I made it all myself.
00:00:30I wrapped it so we could play with it. The second one is inside it. Inside it.
00:00:33This is sponge. I collected a big sponge and put
00:00:37a stone in it to make it heavy and wrapped tape around it so
00:00:41it would bounce. But this is our reality
00:00:44today that we live in. There is no alternative for them.
00:00:47Toys or even safe places for them to play
00:00:51in.
00:00:53Why?
00:00:58the price of installments or payments for I hope
00:01:03have about 15,000 students at
00:01:09the Jews will bring us toys
00:01:12and return our homes to what they were and our streets to what
00:01:17students and so on. And how is this they were, and we can play safely without fear of anyone.
00:01:29of students, right? And you are part of
00:01:41movement, with At Birzeit University, the story does not begin in lecture halls nor does it end with
00:01:45continued with these university degrees. Here is a story of knowledge
00:01:49Good morning. Welcome. and dreams, and a story of generations striving for a better future for their homeland. Between
00:01:53the university buildings
00:01:55movement, does not affect and its green spaces
00:01:57be with and its academic and student facilities, young people live
00:02:00experiences that shape their personalities and open
00:02:03doors of knowledge before them, despite
00:02:06the difficulties and challenges they may face.
00:02:09The university is not just a place for learning,
00:02:12but a space for building human beings and promoting
00:02:16responsibility
00:02:18Besides being raised on it at and consolidating the values of dialogue and respect.
00:02:21like that for free to Respect for the professor is a duty, and appreciating their message is part of
00:02:25Liqya. So he had this the ethics of seeking knowledge. The university where the student learns how
00:02:28to discuss also teaches them
00:02:31how to listen and how to express their opinion
00:02:36and the student is with politely, and how to preserve the other's status and dignity. Disagreement in
00:02:40opinion does not spoil respect, and elegant dialogue is
00:02:43the path to understanding. How do we demand our rights,
00:02:48as a student movement, a few young men, with and how do we maintain our relationships with our professors
00:02:51do you communicate with and our university? And can we
00:02:54I mean, there is a dedicated reception at disagree without losing each other's respect? Our guests
00:02:57today in this episode of the program "Faces
00:03:01previously? Yes, I mean, this and Stories" are the This is active students Khalil
00:03:02shrine, in the Haikal and Mu'taz Al-Tawil.
00:03:05Welcome, welcome. You have honored us in
00:03:10children, in this the program "Faces and Stories". We are honored. First, we want to appear with you in this
00:03:14meeting and on Palestine TV. Welcome.
00:03:17We want to talk about the beauty of Birzeit
00:03:20University and its importance, the ancient university that is
00:03:25whose name is Liqa in this place, in this a significant number
00:03:30God, we worked on renovating this a little bit of sadness from in the world. What can you tell us about Birzeit University? Who should
00:03:35of Tourism and Antiquities. We worked on renovating this and from outside the homeland, from the north, from I start with, Khalil? Of course, Birzeit is an ancient
00:03:38the shrine to preserve them and make it easier for them university, a large university, and it has its academic
00:03:41weight and academic level in the Palestinian
00:03:44homeland, in the Arab world, and even globally. Birzeit University is not
00:03:48just a place for study, but
00:03:51Birzeit has study
00:03:55and character building. Birzeit
00:03:58doesn't just lead you to the path
00:04:01will help you." We introduce them to of knowledge. Yes, it leads you to the path of how to start your
00:04:05social life, let's say, or
00:04:08cafeterias, the build your personality the study places, the the university, the university atmosphere, the to face your social life among people and in this world.
00:04:09休息 areas at
00:04:11Yes, yes.
00:04:13it is our duty to reassure this And if we want to talk about the university atmosphere, Mu'taz,
00:04:16what can you tell us about it? The university atmosphere, honestly,
00:04:20as for Birzeit, Birzeit is very well-known for
00:04:25a certain circumstance from having a different atmosphere, a completely different atmosphere from other universities.
00:04:29Yes. Birzeit's atmosphere, whether joy,
00:04:34through. For example, checkpoints. If sadness, all these
00:04:36like you and his relationships with things, Birzeit Hasten to prayer. always excels in them. It is
00:04:38always distinguished by its atmosphere, its presence,
00:04:42its students,
00:04:44welcomed us when we came to register at the professors,
00:04:46the university, we must also pass all the components of the university are completely different from any
00:04:51Hasten to university we have
00:04:52and Mu'taz, how many years have you been at in the country. Yes, that's true. And I hear many people who studied at Birzeit
00:04:55University say that Birzeit's atmosphere is different, and older
00:04:59people, you know, Birzeit University is old and ancient.
00:05:03We want to talk about friendships and belonging.
00:05:07How much do the relationships among you students affect your
00:05:10university experience, Khalil?
00:05:13Of course, we, as a student movement at Birzeit University,
00:05:17or as students in particular, we start
00:05:20from the moment we enter the university, we find people waiting to welcome us, who are the student
00:05:24movements at Birzeit University. This is one of the features of Birzeit University
00:05:27that it has a student council and a student movement that supports
00:05:31the new student and supports them in
00:05:34this journey. Yes, of course, when a new student enters Birzeit University, for example,
00:05:38the student movement, away from the university administration
00:05:41and university staff, welcomes them
00:05:44as brothers and friends. I mean, when you go to a place, you move from school
00:05:48to university, there will be a difference. You definitely enter a new
00:05:52society, a new world where you don't know anyone yet, and it's something
00:05:55different for you. So you find people and friends, and people you
00:05:59don't know come to you and welcome you with kindness.
00:06:02You feel like they are your family and friends you've known for years, and it's the first time
00:06:06you see them. So we, as a student movement at Birzeit University,
00:06:09welcome the student from the first day until we stay with them in their educational
00:06:13journey until they finish so that they don't feel alone at Birzeit University.
00:06:17I mean, if a student enters and doesn't know anyone, we are your friends, we are your brothers. What
00:06:20do you want? We are ready for you. And we help them and try to guide them to everything
00:06:24they need at the university. And this enhances the spirit of friendship and social
00:06:28life.
00:06:31And let's talk about your relationship, Mu'taz, with the professors. You are
00:06:34a student movement and always
00:06:37active for your rights and the rights
00:06:41the students. Right.
00:06:45The relationship with professors, we always try to build it, and it
00:06:48is always built, whether
00:06:51as a student or as a student
00:06:53the professors, that it should be built on mutual
00:06:57respect. And it is known that Birzeit University is always
00:07:00built between the student and the professor that there should be mutual
00:07:03respect between them. It is our duty
00:07:07as a student movement to always
00:07:09the student with respect, with appreciation
00:07:13for the professor. Always.
00:07:16How do you build this relationship? Do you make friends with professors?
00:07:19Do they accept? Some
00:07:22accept, some don't. It's natural for this to happen. Yes.
00:07:26How do you become part of the professors and
00:07:30reach a dialogue together? We reach a dialogue through respect. We show
00:07:34the professor that there is still respect.
00:07:36The student might discuss.
00:07:40We show him that the student is aware, the student knows, the student can help
00:07:43the professor. Yes. And it happens a lot that the student helps the professor
00:07:49the professor, and that the atmosphere in general is comfortable
00:07:52for the student and for the professor himself. Yes, yes. When you discuss together, where
00:07:56does the discussion take place between you
00:08:01the professors? How
00:08:04the administration? We communicate with the Deanship of Student Affairs. Yes.
00:08:08We communicate with them through the Deanship of Student Affairs
00:08:11through meetings, through dialogue. It's not
00:08:14that we ask for a meeting and they don't. At any time, they might
00:08:18receive us, listen to us, listen to what we want, what our demands are, what
00:08:22problems there are, what things like
00:08:24that, and the relationship. And they help us, that's why Birzeit
00:08:28University is an ancient university. Well, I want to
00:08:30talk, Khalil, about the new student who comes to you, and you know, they are
00:08:34happy to be entering university, but sometimes
00:08:37this happiness comes with
00:08:40the political, economic, social
00:08:44life we live. How do you reassure
00:08:48at the beginning? And they say that whoever enters Birzeit University
00:08:52and drinks from its water remains attached to it. That's right,
00:08:54100%. Birzeit University, of course, we, as a student movement
00:08:58within Birzeit University, in light of the circumstances that the
00:09:02Palestinian people specifically live, I mean, from a political
00:09:05situation and an economic situation, for me, Birzeit
00:09:09University is every Palestinian student's dream. Yes.
00:09:12Because Birzeit is an ancient university, Birzeit has its advantages. So when
00:09:16a new student enters Birzeit University, there are fears about the economic
00:09:19situation, about the political situation that the country is going through. We,
00:09:23as a student movement,
00:09:26new student. We are a student movement present at Birzeit
00:09:29University. When the new student has,
00:09:32for example, fear of the political situation, that they won't be able to reach the university, or
00:09:35for example, something happens to them,
00:09:38the political circumstances that the country is going through, we reassure them that there will
00:09:41be, for example, something compensatory instead of what you went
00:09:47checkpoints cause delays, you will get
00:09:50compensatory lectures instead. Do you keep track of attendance
00:09:53and absence? Yes, of course, it's our duty, of course, first and foremost, it's our
00:09:57duty to be with the new student, whether a new student or an old
00:10:00student. And this spirit of initiative you have is wonderful, and your
00:10:04patience and help are very nice. We learned
00:10:07these things from our homes first. The spirit of initiative
00:10:11and cooperation, we learned it from our parents who raised us on these
00:10:14things, and we grew up with it until we reached university. Yes, I mean, the new student is
00:10:18afraid of the economic situation they are going through, unable, for example,
00:10:21to pay for university needs and university fees. There are facilities
00:10:25from the student movement
00:10:28in agreement with the university administration for example, in installments, in
00:10:31commitments to pay every now and then. I mean, it's nothing
00:10:34to fear for any new student who wants to come to Birzeit University.
00:10:38In terms of politics or economy, don't
00:10:42be afraid. There are many facilities and many things that he
00:10:46might not have known about. We reassure him about them. Yes.
00:10:49Okay, Mu'taz, how do you help new
00:10:52students? Khalil told
00:10:56me, but how do you guide them? And how many of you
00:10:59help them? How do you keep communicating with the university? And this
00:11:02is effort and time too.
00:11:06And you arrange everything. How? Okay, how will the new student get to know
00:11:10you? Now, we do question by question
00:11:12by question. We do, like every
00:11:16year, a reception for new
00:11:19students. I mean, the student comes. The university designates
00:11:23a building, for example, for the reception of new students. We are present
00:11:27throughout the entire period. I mean, the university set a month for the reception of new students to come
00:11:30and register. We are with the university welcoming them. How wonderful!
00:11:34Now, does the university send for you, or are
00:11:37you just there? I mean, the university tells us that there will be a reception for new
00:11:42day? I mean, it's about 24 days every
00:11:46year, from 20 to 24 days every year. Tiring
00:11:49and nice. Yes, I mean, how is it?
00:11:52It's like the atmosphere is nice.
00:11:56Very much so. I mean, the student is still
00:11:59getting to know the university. You are like the student's
00:12:03dictionary. I mean, the student comes wanting to know what the university is,
00:12:06who the students are at the university, how the ideas,
00:12:09the buildings, the doctors, the specializations.
00:12:12The student has a thousand questions in their head. Yes. When you meet the student,
00:12:16you feel that you are doing something good for the student, something that the student, when
00:12:20they see you, even after 10 years, they will know that this is the one who was at the first day
00:12:23of reception, or this one helped me, or this student told me this, I don't
00:12:27know what. Yes, this student will have become a doctor, a professor,
00:12:31something. And in response to
00:12:35Khalil's words, the spirit of initiative was instilled in us
00:12:38because it happened to us ourselves.
00:12:43home, and it has been present in Birzeit for years,
00:12:46when we entered Birzeit, the student movement
00:12:50and students welcomed us and guided
00:12:53us and showed us what a university means. Yes. What do you advise
00:12:56students, Khalil, when they first
00:12:59come to you? When students enter Birzeit
00:13:03University in the days after the Tawjihi results, let's say,
00:13:06yes, they come wanting to get to know the university. Will they like
00:13:10the university or not? I mean, they have questions even before they choose
00:13:14a major. They want to see the university atmosphere. Yes. We conduct,
00:13:19the university from a certain date to a certain date. We, as a student
00:13:23movement, do not adhere to it exactly on the specified
00:13:26date. We like to be present from the time the Tawjihi results are announced
00:13:30until, I mean, after the student's first
00:13:33month of classes, because some students sometimes are shy to come
00:13:37and ask you. They might be embarrassed to come and ask you. So we
00:13:40go to these students. I mean, when we see new students coming, we might have
00:13:44tables set up and, I mean, it's clear
00:13:47to the student the areas where the new students
00:13:50are. For new students, I mean, for me, it's a feature of Birzeit that it
00:13:54gathers everyone from the homeland
00:13:57the south, even from outside the homeland. I mean, for example, there are students
00:14:01from outside Palestine who come and study at Birzeit. Yes.
00:14:04And all governorates of the homeland have a good number of students, I mean,
00:14:08not a minority, who head to Birzeit
00:14:11University. We, as a student movement, are
00:14:14waiting for them at the university gates. I mean, as soon as you enter the university gate, you will find the student movement in
00:14:18front of you. Mashallah, the student movement comes to you and tells you, "Are you a new student? Come,
00:14:21please, let us introduce you to the university. What do you need? We
00:14:28faculties at the university, the landmarks,
00:14:34the university, the sports facilities at the university. I mean, we introduce them to everything
00:14:38in general
00:14:40at the university. I mean, the sports facilities, the cafeterias,
00:14:43the faculties, the lecture halls, and, I mean,
00:14:47we give them full details that they might not even be thinking about
00:14:51at that very moment. I mean, they might be thinking, "Okay, I'll ask about it when I get back."
00:14:55No, this student comes sometimes shy or
00:14:58not knowing what to do. We guide them to everything. We try to be
00:15:02as much as possible, yes, as much as possible, to make
00:15:06everything easy for them. I mean, just as people
00:15:11on this thing that happened to us
00:15:14to the new students. Yes. You
00:15:17the university? I mean, what year are you in? What are you studying now?
00:15:21We finished our third year, entering our fourth year, mashallah. And then you hand
00:15:25over to others? Yes, every, I mean, every
00:15:28year there is a new student movement. And
00:15:30Birzeit used to have student council elections every
00:15:34year. Currently, the student council is
00:15:37suspended for a certain period due to the political situation it is going through.
00:15:41Yes, but what represents the student council is the student
00:15:43movements that were within the council. I mean, the student
00:15:47movements, each student movement has, for example, a representative
00:15:50who represents this student movement and communicates with... How should
00:15:54I ask Mu'taz, how is your relationship with each other and the other student
00:15:57movements? Good,
00:16:00I mean, there is respect. Yes, of course. We sit at the
00:16:03meeting table and come out with one decision.
00:16:07Always on. Yes, between the student blocs and student
00:16:10movements. The nice things you do, I heard that you have
00:16:14bazaars and you have heritage things. Tell
00:16:17us about these nice atmospheres. I mean,
00:16:20every now and then, I mean, every two months, we hold a big
00:16:24bazaar. Yes.
00:16:27What is the importance of this bazaar? Its importance is first
00:16:30for the economic situation in the country. Yes. This is,
00:16:34for example, something that is cheaper at the bazaar.
00:16:37Yes, because the situation, you
00:16:41the university. Not everyone can afford it. Not all students' financial situations are
00:16:44the same. Yes. So we try to hold the bazaar also because some
00:16:48students have projects. The economic situation does not allow
00:16:51the student to, I mean,
00:16:55act normally.
00:16:57I mean, this situation is financial hardship
00:17:00for them, and the economic situation is bad for everyone. It
00:17:03is indeed. We hold it, I mean, almost
00:17:07every semester, if not once,
00:17:09then twice.
00:17:11We hold it every semester, but its basis is the economic
00:17:14situation.
00:17:16And students can participate in it. Students also, and companies participate in it, and
00:17:20sports projects participate in it to help each other.
00:18:08There is no god but
00:18:11Allah. Muhammad
00:18:14is the Messenger of Allah.
00:18:22Allahu
00:18:24Akbar.
00:18:29Allahu
00:18:36Akbar.
00:19:11I bear witness that
00:19:12there is no
00:19:18god
00:19:21but
00:19:22Allah.
00:19:31I bear witness that
00:19:34Muhammad
00:19:38is the Messenger
00:19:39of Allah.
00:19:48I bear witness that
00:19:52Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
00:20:29prayer.
00:21:54There is no god
00:21:56but
00:21:58Allah.
00:22:07O Allah, Lord of this perfect call
00:22:11and the established prayer,
00:22:14grant Muhammad the Wasilah and the Fadilah
00:22:17and the high exalted rank.
00:22:21And raise him, O Allah, to the praised station which
00:22:24You promised
00:22:26You do not break Your promise.
00:22:47I mean, the student who has a project can make it known.
00:22:51The university students, given that the number
00:22:53is large, I mean, as Khalil said, from all governorates
00:22:57of the homeland, they can know, for example, what your project is, what your product
00:23:00is, things like that. And there
00:23:03are also things like
00:23:07the student movement distributes summaries and things
00:23:11students
00:23:14to help the student. You, the student
00:23:17who is in financial hardship, you can give them summaries without
00:23:21them feeling any kind of God forbid, humiliation or anything.
00:23:25No, it comes through an exhibition, through
00:23:27something, a summary. Yes, this is a summary, things like that, very
00:23:31neat and really nice. Now we want to talk away from lectures. I know that
00:23:35you told me that the university adds many nice
00:23:38things to you, but what did it add to your
00:23:41personality, Khalil? Now, Birzeit
00:23:45University, away from the student movement, let's talk a bit. Birzeit
00:23:49University as a university, first of all, it gives you
00:23:52an opportunity. I mean, for me, it's the opportunity of a lifetime to build your
00:23:56personality. Yes, I mean, Birzeit has people from all
00:23:58social classes and all political affiliations. I mean, you find
00:24:02the rich and the poor, right? You find people from this party and
00:24:06that party. You find people from all social strata, I mean,
00:24:09and from all governorates of the homeland. This is your chance to mix with
00:24:13all of them and build your personality. Yes, I mean, let's talk
00:24:16about my personal situation. Birzeit changed my
00:24:20life. It made a big leap. How? From what I was and what
00:24:24I became. I mean, maybe when I entered university, I didn't know,
00:24:27I was young. Yes, I didn't learn this way, and I didn't know how
00:24:31to deal with people, or even how to ask where my lecture
00:24:34is. And some are shy, of course. I'm one of those people who, when I first entered,
00:24:38I used to be shy, for example, to go and ask someone where my lecture is. Today I am a representative of a student
00:24:42movement at Birzeit University. Mashallah you are. And a board member in the General Union
00:24:45of Palestinian Students. I mean, this is what I reached.
00:24:49Of course, first of all, thanks to Birzeit University, thanks
00:24:52to my father who raised me and supported me. Yes. Then we come
00:24:56to Birzeit University, which built my personality and developed it to reach this
00:24:59place. Mashallah, Birzeit gives you a great
00:25:03opportunity to embark
00:25:06on this thing that will strengthen your personality forever. For me,
00:25:10that's how I see it. Yes. Okay, Mu'taz, what's the difference between
00:25:13saying academically
00:25:16excellent young man or student, male or female,
00:25:20and a young man who succeeded in building his personality
00:25:26people? Now, one can be academically
00:25:29excellent and succeed in their relationships with people.
00:25:32Yes. But it's
00:25:35not necessarily about the university, it could be before
00:25:38university. I mean, it's not a condition that if someone was
00:25:42academically excellent before and their situation became
00:25:46worse at university, that this is because of them.
00:25:50The student might
00:25:52have circumstances. Circumstances occur in life due to university, due to when you start seeing
00:25:56your friends working, so and so is working. We
00:25:59need to help each other and help our families in these circumstances. You need to work, you need
00:26:03to move, you need to go according to the environment you are in. Yes. Do you
00:26:06understand? So you start looking for how
00:26:10you can become better. That's right. I mean,
00:26:14Khalil and Mu'taz, we would have loved
00:26:17to have you with us for longer and more space
00:26:21too, but we want to talk, I mean, in one
00:26:24minute, about how you as a student movement influenced
00:26:27the university administration in Birzeit not to raise
00:26:31student fees. We
00:26:34as a student movement at Birzeit University,
00:26:37we had
00:26:40faces against or we discovered that there was a fee increase. I mean,
00:26:44my brother Mu'taz discovered that a student pays 100 dinars instead of 70
00:26:47dinars for registration fees. Yes. So we, as a student movement, it is our duty
00:26:51and our responsibility to monitor these points.
00:26:54First of all, as for the student movement, it is forbidden to increase
00:27:00students in light of the economic conditions that the Palestinian people
00:27:04as a whole are experiencing, not just Birzeit University students. Yes.
00:27:08We also, as a student movement,
00:27:11engaged in more than one dialogue session and more than
00:27:14one discussion with the university administration to reach
00:27:17a solution that, I mean, it's not right to raise the installment
00:27:20price for students in light of the economic
00:27:22situation. So we resorted
00:27:25to dialogues, at first they didn't work. I mean, it
00:27:29didn't have a positive result. So
00:27:32the student movement had escalatory
00:27:35steps to pressure the university administration to boycott
00:27:38registration, for example, until you lower it, to boycott,
00:27:41for example, classes at Birzeit University until
00:27:45you go back. In the end, I mean, we
00:27:48escalatory steps or pressure on the university
00:27:51administration with love and respect, of course.
00:27:54Our work, our work as a student
00:27:58the mutual respect between students or the student
00:28:01movement and the university administration and staff. Everything
00:28:04that happens between the student movement and Birzeit University administration or
00:28:07staff is based on respect. Yes. We succeeded,
00:28:11we succeeded in the end in, I mean, achieving these
00:28:15demands that we had raised to the university administration for the
00:28:18installments at Birzeit University to remain the same and for the registration
00:28:21fee to remain the same as it was, because the economic situation that the
00:28:25Palestinian people are going through is very difficult and affects everyone, not
00:28:28a specific group. And we, I mean, with the efforts of all the youth,
00:28:32we were able to reach this point, for sure.
00:28:36I want to thank you. I want to thank you,
00:28:40Khalil, and I want to thank you, Mu'taz.
00:28:43I am very proud of you. You didn't talk about us.
00:28:47We thank you very much for this very beautiful
00:28:50hosting. You didn't say what you are studying at
00:28:53Birzeit University. You didn't say what courses or what
00:28:57specializations you chose.
00:29:01law. Yes. I am studying Public Administration at Birzeit University.
00:29:04All respect and appreciation to you. And we always say that Birzeit
00:29:08University remains a space for hope, knowledge, and education.
00:29:11Dear viewers, we have reached the end of this
00:29:14episode of the program "Faces and Stories". Until
00:29:18we meet you in another story, goodbye.