Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university that once led the Palestinian struggle.

Students gather in front of the closed entrance of Birzeit University during a strike protesting rising tuition fees, September 2, 2013. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/APA Images)Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university that once led the Palestinian struggle.

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