Tunisia
The Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) presented its award to the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency (BMAQ), which operates under the Al-Quds Committee and is headquartered in Rabat, Morocco..
This honor comes in recognition of the Agency’s outstanding work, carried out under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in Al-Quds through various projects and programs aimed at supporting the Holy City, its institutions, and its steadfast inhabitants.
The “ALECSO” plaque was presented to Dr. Mohamed Salem Echarkaoui, the director in charge of managing the BMAQ Agency, during the closing ceremony of the conference “The Reality of Children’s Education in Al-Quds,” organized by ALECSO at its headquarters in Tunis last Thursday.
Dr. Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of ALECSO, emphasized that this Arab recognition aligns with ALECSO’s efforts to encourage partner organizations to intensify their work in safeguarding the education system in Al-Quds and strengthening the presence of Palestinian national identity in the fields of thought and culture.
The award ceremony was attended by the Palestinian Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Amjad Barham, and the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Dr. Ashraf Al-Aouar, along with the Palestinian Ambassador to Tunisia, Hayel Fahoum, representatives from the Palestine Department at the Arab League, and officials from ALECSO.
In his opening remarks at the conference, Mohamed Salem Echarkaoui emphasized that BMAQ, guided by His Majesty King Mohammed VI as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, addresses the situation in the Holy City and its social sectors with a profound understanding of the city’s unique status, legal context, and the particular challenges it confronts.”
The proceedings of the conference, organized by ALECSO in partnership with the Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture, and Science(PNCECS), included the presentation of two papers. The first was titled “The Policies of Israelization of Education and Education in Jerusalem: Challenges, Violations, and Ways to Confront Them,” and the second focused on “International and Humanitarian Law, Children’s Rights, and the Responsibilities of International Organizations and Their Impact on the Reality of Education in Jerusalem.”
