With 120 Palestinian academics killed since October 7, the Council for At-Risk Academics faces unprecedented demand for assistance
Amani Ahmed at her home in Edinburgh. The lecturer fled Gaza with her family with the help of the Council for At-Risk Academics .Amani Ahmed at her home in Edinburgh. The lecturer fled Gaza with her family with the help of the Council for At-Risk Academics .For Amani Ahmed, her new life with her family in Edinburgh, studying for a PhD at one of the UK’s top universities, is bittersweet.
The war scuppered her plans to interview female entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip for her research, but she was most troubled by leaving her family behind, including her husband, two teenage daughters and eight-year-old son.“I felt worried. I thought it would be better to go back to Gaza to be with the children, but the borders closed,” she said. “Three days after the war started, there were heavy bombings and airstrikes around our flat in Gaza.
Since October 2023, the charity has received 120 applications from Palestinians, 13 of which it is working to support. One academic who worked as faculty dean at Gaza University has already been placed with a visiting fellowship at Cambridge University.Cara helped Ahmed arrange for her family members to obtain student dependent visas, covering the exorbitant costs that Ahmed estimated at more than £10,000, along with their living expenses.
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