Recognized as a Leader
From the nominator:
Saida has been promoting, advocating, practicing and supporting open education for over a decade. As a leader in open education in Palestine, she has shown us the value of open education to support learners in times of war, crisis and famine. She has led several projects to support Palestinian learners before and after the siege of Gaza in 2024, she has promoted open scholarship, enable channel to support learners and educators in Gaza, coordinating resources and people to support OER for Gaza.
It is difficult to conceive of a more impactful application of open education today than in service of the education of Palestinian youth and adults at a time when schools and universities have been destroyed or unable to function.
Award Reviewer
Professor Affouneh is doing some incredible work under the worst possible circumstances. It was good to be able to go the form and suggest OER for Gaza learners.
Award Reviewer
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