Saturday, November 17, 2007
A glimpse into the political microcosm at Birzeit University
Merhaba!
While talking to Amira and Jumana outside the engineering building, a fight between the student groups of the PFLP (Poular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, left wing, wearing the red Jordanian kefiyeh) and the Fateh (Arafat, ruling party in the Westbank, wearing the black-and-white kefiyeh) broke out. The PFLP was helding a rally. They said "bad things about the Fateh which were not true and which made the Fateh students very angry".
Because of that you could see students having there belts wrapped around a hand to use it for the fight and some people even took planks into the crowd. Even the Dean of Student Affairs could not pacify the guys at once. After about 20 minutes the visual violence stopped, but discussions are still going on...
While talking to Amira and Jumana outside the engineering building, a fight between the student groups of the PFLP (Poular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, left wing, wearing the red Jordanian kefiyeh) and the Fateh (Arafat, ruling party in the Westbank, wearing the black-and-white kefiyeh) broke out. The PFLP was helding a rally. They said "bad things about the Fateh which were not true and which made the Fateh students very angry".
Because of that you could see students having there belts wrapped around a hand to use it for the fight and some people even took planks into the crowd. Even the Dean of Student Affairs could not pacify the guys at once. After about 20 minutes the visual violence stopped, but discussions are still going on...
