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The Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Accompanying Delegation Visit the Arabs of Al-Rashaydeh
Dr. Nabil Al-Ja’abari chairman of Hebron Unievsrity Board of Trustees and the accompanying delegation which included Board of Trustees member Mr. Jawdi Abu-isnaineh, the president of the Unievrsity Prof. Dr. Ahmad Atawneh, the ambassador of Palestine in Canada Mr. Sa’id Hamad, the secretary of Fatah in the Hebron region Mr. Kefah Al-Iwaiwi, dean of the Faculty of Al-Shari’a Prof. Dr. Hussein Al-tartouri, dean of the Faculty of Agriculture Dr. Sabri Zughayyer, the Adminsitraive Vice President Mr. Zeyad Al-Ja’abari, Mr. Khader Al-Qawasmi, Mr. Abdul-‘Aleem Da’ana, director of the office of the Board of Trustees Dr. Tareq Al-Ja’abari, the director of Public Relations Dr. Amjad Shehab, Dr. Mustafa Shawer from the Faculty of Al-Shari’a and the University security official Mr. fakhri Al-Ja’abari were the guests of the Arabs of Al-rashaydeh tribe.
The delegation was received by Sheikh Ali Ideh Al-Rashaydeh, sheikh Abu-Hussein Al-Rashaydeh, engineer Fawwaz Juma’a Al-rashaydeh head of the Arab Al-rashaydeh village council and a number of the notables of the tribe.
The delegation got acquainted with the living conditions and the difficult circumstances that the tribe faces due to the practices of the Israeli occupation and the scant support from the Palestinian government. Engineer Fawwaz Al-rashaydeh gave a glimpse about the history of Al-rashaydeh tribe which is considered one of the most Arab tribes whereby it spreads in several countries the most important of which are Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Palestine.
Engineer Fawwz Al-Rashaydeh answered all the questions which focused on how to support their steadfastness on the land of Palestine specially in the fields of education, and supporting the livestock which is considered on of the pillars of their existence on the land.
Dr. nabil Al-Ja’abari expressed his pride in their steadfastness and emphasized for them that Hebron University will remain open for the students of the tribe and that it will continue giving any help specially in the academic domain in order to support their steadfastness on their lands.
At the end of the visit, engineer Fawwaz Al-Rashaydeh in the name of the tribe thanked Dr. nabil-Al-Ja’abari and the accompanying delegation for their interest and help for the tribe in general and the students in particular.
It is worth mentioning that the number of the individuals of the tribe in Palestine alone is more than forty thousand persons distributed in several areas. The main occupation of the individuals of the tribe is grazing sheep. They depend on the renewable energy which provide them with electricity to fulfill their needs.