Edwin Naidu
THE suffering of the people of Palestine hung like a cloud over proceedings at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a global platform for education established by the Qatar Foundation, which began on Tuesday 28 November, at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) with a powerful account of the destruction of places of learning according to Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF).
Opening the 11th edition of the WISE Summit held under the theme ‘Creative Fluency: Human Flourishing in the Age of AI’, Sheikha Nasser told about 1200 delegates that for more than 20 years the foundation has supported education in Palestine, especially in Gaza.
“We built the Al Fakhoora School as the first of many educational projects in Gaza. It has since been shelled by the Israeli Forces. The projects, which now constitute the Al Fakhoora program include teaching and
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