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THE ARCHIVES
ABIR ARAMIN 2008 SCHOLARSHIP
Last January 2007 the beloved daughter of Bassam Aramin, the Director of al Quds
for Democracy and Dialogue was tragically killed in the West Bank whilst buying sweets
during a school lunch break. Bassam wrote movingly about his loss on this website
and his powerful words can be found in the NewsRoom archive.
The Trustees were deeply moved by this awful event and decided to ask the permission
of Abir's family to honour Abir by naming a new Scholarship Programme for Israeli
and Palestinian girls after her. The Trustees of Children of Peace regard al Quds
as an important Palestinian peace partner.
From early 2008, one ten year old Israeli girl and one ten year old Palestinian girl
has been selected each year by the Education Committee to receive an award to assist
them in their studies. Bassam has kindly agreed to recommend a number of deserving
recipients of the Scholarship for the Committee to make their decision.