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Yousef looks at the camera with a smile, and is wearing a scarf

Yousef Aljamal is Gaza Coordinator at the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Aljamal holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern Studies, is a Palestinian refugee from Gaza and is a senior non-resident scholar at the Hashim Sani Center for Palestine Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has contributed to a number of books on Palestine, including Gaza Writes Back and Light in Gaza.

ViewpointIsrael & Palestine
Education in Gaza Has Been Decimated, but the Spirit of Refaat Alareer Will Prevail
The student encampments and other protests like the "Fund Education, Not Genocide" rally in Washington D.C. this week are the expressions of solidarity and activism we need.
Yousef Aljamal
A child sits sideways looking through a torn canvas wall.
Israel & Palestine
Defunding UNRWA Was Never About Hamas
The refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.
Yousef Aljamal
Photo of a man with a greying beard cradling four large liter water bottles. There is a crowd of men and children behind him, some also holding water bottles.
ViewpointIsrael & Palestine
In Gaza, Palestinians Are Running Out of Water and Tears
“I don’t know what it will take for the world to stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza.”
Yousef Aljamal