Samar Al Fara was a PhD student preparing to defend her doctoral thesis. She died from kidney failure due to drinking polluted water and living in unsafe conditions due to Israeli actions in Gaza.

As Uppsala University “celebrates” its doctoral students, the cannon sounds remind us of the realities of doctoral students in Gaza, such as Samar Al Fara. We stand in solidarity with students in Palestine who were denied the opportunity to graduate.

Our institution is complicit in the ongoing genocide against Palestinians. Uppsala University, end collaborations with institutions actively supporting and enabling the genocide!