Seventeenth Cohort

AAUP Speech

During the three days of the ceremonies, Dr. Shahinaz Najjar- the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies represented Arab American University in her speech and said: “today, you complete your current journey and leave AAUP, and you will have new challenges in making balance between success in work and happiness in life. However, the hardest part of this journey will be that this life is full of obstacles and mystery and the question remains: Can the joy of success reached when being achieved at work or on the way to achieving it?”

The celebration was under the auspices of the President of the State of Palestine, His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas "Abu Mazen" and attended by Dr. Moayad Abu Saa- the VP for Academic Affairs representing Prof. Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri- the University President, Prof. Mohammad Asia- the VP for the Medical Schools Affairs, General Akram Rjoub- the Governor of Jenin, representatives and leaders from the security services of Jenin, members of the Academic and Administrative staff, representatives of official and private organizations and a great number of parents and family of graduates.

Under the great happiness of parents and graduates, the ceremony started with the entrance of graduates, the faculty members and the university president, then the Palestinian anthem was played and Al Fatiha was read on the souls of our martyrs.

The Speech of the University President