Palestinian Students visit Leeds Grand Mosque

Palestinian students visit Leeds Grand MosqueA Palestinian group of 2 teachers and 4 students from Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron (Al-Khaleel) visited Leeds Grand Mosque on Monday 14th Nov. the visit came as part of a student exchange group with Leeds University.

The group highlighted to our community the right of Palestinians to education and the daily obstacles they face under the occupation to prevent them from gaining education. Also the group showed few video clips in which the Palestinians in Hebron were attacked and harassed by the Jewish settlers in Hebron while Israeli officers stood watching.

The group attended many events and meetings as part of together for peace activities. A Palestinian exhibition of items of clothes and artefacts that the Palestinian women made with broidery to sell and support themselves was organised in the university of Leeds which was followed by a presentation from the teachers and a story told by each one of the students to show the difficulty they face in the way of their education and the struggle they go through to continue and persevere.

Leeds Grand Mosque
18th November 2005