Dear Brothers, Sisters and Comrades,

I am honoured to invite you, as the representatives of the students of Al Najah University (Students Union and Zajel Program) to twin with the University of Manchester Student Union (UMSU). At a recent UMSU General Meeting, our members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a twinning of our two student unions and I would like to formally invite you to enter into that partnership with us.

We hope that this twinning will help to give students at Al Najah a voice on our campus so that we can raise awareness of the struggle of Palestinian students simply to realise their right to an education. We also see the twinning as a cultural exchange where students here can learn about Palestine and Palestinians can learn about Britain. To this end we would also like to set up a website where students from both Unions can interact. We will also try and find a way of funding some sort of exchange, hopefully fairly soon.

I hope that this twinning agreement can be the start of a close relationship between our two Unions and a platform from which we can help the struggle for a free Palestine.

In solidarity,

Rob Owen,
General Secretary
University of Manchester Student Union

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