History
The institution was originally founded in 1924 by Nabiha Nasir as an elementary school for girls from Birzeit and the surrounding villages. It was one of the first schools in the area. In 1930, it became a co-educational secondary school, and in 1932 was renamed Birzeit Higher School.
In 1942, the name was changed to Birzeit College to be in harmony with its educational secondary level. In 1953, a freshman higher education class was incorporated to Birzeit College, followed by a sophomore class in 1961.
In 1975 Birzeit College changed its name to Birzeit University. Birzeit University was accepted in April 1976 as a member of the Association of Arab Universities.
The former university's president, Hanna Nasir, was deported by Israel in 1974 and only allowed to return with the beginning of the peace process in 1993.
Read more about this topic: Birzeit University
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. We suspect they are unworthy. We arraign our daily employments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)