Noor Community

We are an international group of English language educators and professionals united by a shared vision of liberatory education. Israel’s systematic campaign of scholasticide has left Palestine's education systems in crisis, and we believe that emergent grassroots organisations will continue to be the key to sustaining Palestine’s rich intellectual traditions. We are integrated within Al Manar Society Bethlehem (Aida Camp), where we provide online English Language training, professional skills development, and academic mentoring to students from Gaza, the West Bank, and the diaspora. Our goals are to: - Strengthen and build capacity in Palestinian grassroots educational initiatives - Amplify the voices of marginalised Palestinian communities - Build resilient and extensive international networks with Palestinian organisations at the centre - Facilitate material development through access to quality education. - Theorise and implement decolonial models of online language education, which trouble and contest contemporary practices. Many of our learners are university students and professionals for whom English competence is a prerequisite for continuing education or career progression. For others, fluency means narrative control and the power of self-definition and advocacy on the global stage. There are, in addition, many for whom our classes are a safe space and retreat.