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...venues around Boston. “This year the focus was on the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe when Palestine was divided, over 500 villages were destroyed or emptied out, and the biggest and longest current refugee situation was created,” said Salma Abu Ayyash, a member of the organizing committee for the festival. The Nabka was the central theme in “The Roof,” an experimental documentary which Aljafari shot to show his family’s experience after fleeing their home. After their house was destroyed, Aljafari?...
Foreign students say returning home with altruistic intentions often entails major personal sacrifices. “When job opportunities and the salary levels do not compensate students for their sacrifices, financial and personal, of having left home and lived thousands of miles away,” says Rayd Abu-Ayyash ’01, who claims both Germany and Jordan as his home countries, “it requires an idealist, economically secure, well-connected, or a courageous optimist to return home straight after university...
...countries need them, even if they are not willing to return home just yet. “[Harvard graduates] can directly attempt to spread the Harvard methods of learning in the educational institutions in their home countries, and thereby improve the educational standards at home,” Abu-Ayyash continues. “Many developing countries face a greater scarcity in human resources than natural resources. Harvard graduates are often both well equipped to impact their field of work and highly motivated. This is a valuable combination that many people cannot offer...
...Ississ suggests that Harvard could help international students with the financial challenges of returning home by forgiving international student loans for those who seek employment in their native countries, a suggestion seconded by Abu-Ayyash. “The financial compensation has to be adequate to secure a decent standard of living,” Abu-Ayyash says. “Universities can help by helping students find scarce opportunities at home, and perhaps even offer a Harvard loan reduction for indebted students from developing countries if they return home, similar to the new system put in place...
...fact that there were two vigils indicates that we might have different stakes in what is currently going on," Abu-Ayyash said. "But the overarching consensus exists that we both hope and pray for peace in the Middle East...