Visiting professor in Canada continues to teach Palestinian students remotely

After fleeing to Canada following the outbreak of war in the Gaza region, York University Visiting Professor Ahmed Abu Shaban has been waking up at 3 AM every morning to remotely teach his students in Gaza, reports La Presse. Abu Shaban leads the agriculture and veterinary medicine faculty at Al-Azhar University, which was destroyed by airstrikes during the ongoing conflict. Many of his students walk five kilometers to access an internet connection for their studies, sometimes risking their lives in the process, Shaban told La Presse. “I cannot give up. And neither can they,” he told the Toronto Star. “They have no other option. This is their life and they are the hope for the future.”