Prof. Imad Abu Kishek, signed an agreement with the Palestinian businessman, Mr. Hammad Al-Harazeen, to establish the “Hammad Al-Harazeen Faculty of Technology” at Al-Quds University, as part of a series of agreements signed by representatives from various Palestinian governorates to establish schools and educational and health projects under the patronage of President Mahmoud Abbas. The signing took place at the Ramallah Municipality, in coordination and partnership with the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.
Prof. Abu Kishek thanked Mr. Al-Harazeen for this kind gesture to Jerusalem and its university, adding, “It is a great day for Al-Quds University and the city of Jerusalem to establish a distinguished and dedicated building for technology, which will be a model as an incubator and a distinctive environment for engineering and technology education at Al-Quds University”.
Professor Abu Kishek added further, stating, “This faculty has the distinction of being part of a group of faculties under the University of The Capital that have gained renown. This strategic alliance serves to bolster our efforts in cultivating the concept of Palestinian higher education on a comprehensive scale, and contributes to our ongoing endeavors to advance and compete on a global scale, particularly also in light of Al-Quds University’s noteworthy achievements in academic evaluations, scientific reputation, employment rates of its graduates, and its remarkable nurturing of youth entrepreneurial and technological ideas, particularly in the context of technological innovation.”
During the signing of the agreements, Ramallah Municipality awarded the Ramallah Municipality Key Certificate to businessman Hammad Hassan Al-Harazeen, making him the fourth person to be awarded this certificate. The award was presented by Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor Salah Haniyeh, along with the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, in the presence of several ministers.
Mr. Al-Harazeen said, “The Palestinian people have overwhelmed me with love and happiness from all its simple people. We must all succeed in this mission of educating and providing health for our people. I went through difficult circumstances in Shujaiya during the displacement from our land in 1948 territories, but through hard work and dedication, we have reached here. I learned, and today I serve the sons of my people.”
Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governor Laila Ghannam said, “The Khair Foundation is a Palestinian institution with a Palestinian affiliation, and I express all thanks to it and every patriotic person who builds, and I thank our brother Al-Harazeen for his donation to Palestine on a permanent basis.” She also emphasized that the projects include two modern medical clinics in Jenin and Ramallah and Al-Bireh, which is the beginning of work to extend other clinics in all governorates with specifications that the Palestinian people deserve.
“I thank you for this reception and welcome, and we are happy to support education and health in Palestine. This was a dream and today it became a reality to build these institutions after signing the establishment of them today, which are education, higher education and health institutions,” said Ashraf Al-Sharif, representing the Khair Foundation, managed by Hammad Al-Harazeen, a participant in the event and a comer to Palestine.
For his part, Minister of Education and Higher Education Amjad Barham said, “This support is provided today to establish schools for creative people and provides the opportunity for students who are unable to enroll in a high quality of education, amidst the fierce assault on the education sector and the deprivation of our female and male students from accessing education in the Gaza Strip. The signing today is a very important message, not a message from donors, but from a Palestinian who belongs to this land and country.It is a message of loyalty and love and a message of jihad and respect.”
In this regard, the Deputy Mayor of Ramallah, Salah Haniya, said that today’s signing includes supporting the needs of our people amid the ongoing genocide, attacks and displacement campaigns in the West Bank and Gaza. He pointed out that Mr. Al-Harazeen has had a significant impact in various cities across the country, and he continues in the process of giving, development, construction and building to serve the needs of citizens through ministries, universities and bodies in several governorates, municipalities and universities.
For his part, Archbishop Attallah Hanna said, “We have come to give Brother Al-Harazeen the greetings of Jerusalem from its alleys, churches and mosques, and it awaits you because you come to Jerusalem not as a visitor but to your country, your city and your holy sites.” He added, “We stand in honor of all our martyrs in Gaza and Palestine, while they destroy and we build. They want us to drown in despair and frustration, and we say that we remain attached to our belonging to this land and cling to every grain of dust in the soil of this blessed spot. We say that we will remain attached to our belonging to this land and our clinging to every grain of dust from the soil of this blessed spot, for this is Palestine with its Christians and Muslims, its Qiyamah and its Aqsa, united in one body and one family that cannot be divided by two, and Jerusalem will remain our capital, our qibla and the essence of our unity.”
In addition to the establishment of the Hammad Al-Harazeen Faculty of Technology at Al-Quds University, the agreements encompass the Hammad Al-Harazeen Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Bethlehem University, as well as the inauguration of six model schools, namely: Hassan Al-Harazeen Boys High School in Dura, Sabha Al-Harazeen Mixed Secondary School in Tulkarm, Hassan Al-Harazeen Secondary School in Tubas, Hammad Hassan Al-Harazeen Mixed Secondary School in Salfit, Sabha Al-Harazeen Mixed Secondary School in Beit Furik, Hassan Al-Harazeen Mixed Secondary School in Jenin, and two health clinics: Sabha al-Harazeen Clinic in Deir Ammar, Ramallah, and Sabha al-Harazeen Clinic in Qabatiya.
