Ramallah Campus

The workshop was attended by representatives of official institutions, civil society organizations and a number of academics and researchers in archiving and in the national narrative in West Bank and Gaza Strip.

During the lecture, two experts from the Swiss Center for Peace and from the Government Archives, as well as the researcher Rola Shahwan a specialist in the Palestinian Visual Archive and Director of the Center gave a presentation on the theoretical concept of archiving, its importance and its role through various stages of Palestinian history, and building the Palestinian national narrative and the collective memory for the benefit of the future and the generations.

The ceremony which was hosted by the Arab American University campus in Ramallah, was attended by the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Sabri Sidem, President of Arab American University Prof. Ali Zidan Abu Zuhri, President of Al Quds University Prof. Imad Abu Kishk, President of Palestine Polytechnic University Prof. Imad Al Khatib, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Allam Mousa, The Minister of Jerusalem Dr. Adnan al-Husseini, and the Chairman of the Higher Council for Creativity Prof. Adnan Samar, And Minister of Local Government Dr.