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An-Najah's Department of Urban Planning Engineering celebrated the 70th anniversary of the World Urbanism Day in 2019. The World Urbanism Day is an international day celebrating the accomplishments of planners and their contributions to their communities every 8th of November.


The event focused on celebrating the achievements of the graduates from ‎the Urban Planning Engineering department, specifically, the graduates ‎that currently ‎work in institutions inside or outside Palestine. The ‎graduates were also able to share their ‎experience in the labor market. ‎

The event also discussed means to  increase professional and public ‎interest in planning.  ‎In addition‎,‎‏ ‏Many special guests ‎from government, ‎academia and related professions and specializations, ‎along with students ‎and new emerging professionals in planning were invited to speak‎. ‎

Also,The event included an exhibition where many topics were ‎‎‎introduced to the visitors. Also, the Department of Urban Planning's ‎‎students and graduates showcased several projects on urban planning. ‎

The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. Ali Abdelhamid, Dean of the ‎‎‎Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Dr. Emad Dawwas, ‎‎Head of Urban Planning Engineering department, and Mr. Eyad Al-Aqra, ‎‎Director of Students' ‎Affairs at the University. ‎

The Department of Urban Planning also organized an informative lecture ‎‎on urban planning to showcase presentations on important planning ‎‎issues and innovations, and introduce the University students to the urban ‎‎planning profession. ‎

The activities included two introductory lectures on the joint project ‎‎between the Urban Planning Engineering Department at An-Najah and ‎‎the university of lille, France. ‎

The lectures included speeches by urban planning students dispatched to ‎‎French universities. The students talked about their experience at the ‎‎University of Lille, and discussed the challenges they faced during their ‎‎visit. ‎


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