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Building bridges in a year marked by tension

By NOA AMOUYAL Marcus Mesherky has spent his time at University of Haifa not only completing his degree in biomedical sciences, but fostering meaningful connections even when political tensions make it challenging to do so. Mesherky, a Christian Arab-Israeli from Rami, a small town in northern Israel, is a second-generation student at University of Haifa. […]

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First-generation university student pursues her dream in Haifa

By NOA AMOUYAL Orjwan Ghraba is starting a new and exciting chapter in her life as she begins her studies at University of Haifa, where she is earning a degree in Human Services and Sociology. Ghraba, who is from the small village of Reineh in northern Israel, is not letting her status as a first-generation […]

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Along the road to campus, Maysam Kayal has overcome cultural and educational gaps

By Jacob Kamaras Maysam Kayal, an Arab student from the village of Judeida-Makr, reflects that members of the Arab community come into the world of higher education with a notably different cultural and educational background than their Jewish peers in Israel. Jewish students in Israel complete mandatory military service and gain life skills through travel […]

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