On Thursday, March 26, The Community Service Center at An-Najah received a group of German academics who are activist in the field of community work as well as a number of students from the universities of Birzait, Al-Quds and MECDAR Center-The University of Hebron). The visit was part of the cooperation An-Najah has with German universities in the field of community service.

Mr. Belal Salameh, Director of the Community Service Center talked briefly about the facilities of the Center and the services it provides to serve the Palestinian community. He also expressed his wish to establish further relations with the German universities in the fields of academic and cultural exchange.

Professor Steffi Kraemer, Psychology Lecturer and Professor Robert Northoff, Social Work Lecturer at Hochschule Neubrandenburg University expressed their delight for being part of DAAD's project to visit Palestine and bridge cooperation with the Palestinian Universities.

The German visitors also talked about the unique experience of diversity they have seen, having Christians, Muslims and Samaritans live together peacefully in Palestine.

Notes:

-The delegation was also received by Dr. Sami Al-Kilani from the Department of Elementary Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at An-Najah National University.

-The visit included a tour trip at An-Najah's new campus, the Samaritans' village, the village of Sebastia village and the old city of Nablus.

-MECDA stands for Middle East Center for Development Affairs and Human Rights.