AQB Digital Media Communication student, Ibrahim Alzumor, reflects on his study abroad experience at the Film Akademie in Germany this spring semester, he states, “[t]he time I spent at the Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg has greatly helped me learn how to make animations and movies. Using a variety of drawing methods has helped me grow, from learning the ins and outs of three-dimensional animation to falling in love with hand-drawn animation and the new and exciting world of collaged animation. Each method has shaped my understanding and given me a deeper understanding of both the finer points of art and the scientific precision that goes into the craft.

Marking its sixteenth year of operation, Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences (AQB) is an innovative program introducing a liberal arts undergraduate education to the West Bank, with an enrollment of approximately 310 undergraduate and graduate students in 2023-2024. The undergraduate program at AQB is rigorous, culminating in a two-semester independent senior project, which is generally a demanding research paper of 45 pages or more.

AQB Professor, Dr. Sameh Hallaq, publishes a new study on climate change and its impact on Palestine agriculture

Dr. Sameh Hallaq has successfully co-published with Yousuf Daas their recent paper titled “The Impact of Climate Change on the Palestinian Sectoral Reallocation of Labor” in the Journal of International Review of Applied Economics at Routledge publications. This study comes to light as a response to the Open Society University Network’s focused research on the severe and extreme climate events impacting the whole globe. The study of Dr. Hallaq and Daas concentrates on the critical overlaps of climate change and economic dynamics in Palestine, particularly, the agricultural economy. The paper examines yearly variations in climate change, such as rainfall and temperature, across the West Bank from 1999 to 2018 to assess their influence on individuals’ decisions to stay or leave the agricultural sector. The paper highlights new findings relevant to the Palestinians who work in the agricultural sector. 

[Abu Dis, 02.17.2024] – The EAA-Qatar Scholarship office at Al-Quds Bard College (AQB) recently conducted the much anticipated Orientation & Certificate Awarding Ceremony on February 17th, 2024. The event held online due to the ongoing state of emergency in the West Bank due to the genocide in Gaza, brought together scholarship recipients, program organizers, and distinguished guests for an inspiring and informative session.

STEP is a new bachelor’s program at Al-Quds Bard College. It empowers students to understand the political and economic forces that shape the world and provides them with skills to be harnessed to solve pressing social and economic problems in Palestine and beyond. Palestine during this time- more than any time before- needs a cadre of STEP graduates to fulfill different societal, economic, and political roles.

The CoDesigning Cities project is concerned with questions of access to public and urban services in so-called marginalized and migrant (national and trans-national) communities. Al-Quds Bard College students NihalAlmasri, Khaled Amro, AmeedFaleh, NaghamAsal and Urban Studies & Spatial Practices lecturer Jens Haendeler traveled to Phoenix and Bogotá for four weeks alongside Master students from Universidad de los Andes and PhD students from Arizona State University.