Zarqa University, represented by the student Kenan Hariri from the Faculty of Information Technology, participated in the working sessions of the International Conference on Refugees "Protracted Displacement - Hopes, Aspirations and Solutions", which started an event using visual communication technology on Monday 10/19/2020, and will last for four days.

The conference is organized by the Center for Studies of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration at Yarmouk University, the German Jordanian University, the Syrian Jordanian Education Program (EDU-Syria), the Academics Program in Solidarity at the Free University of Berlin (AIS), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the German Agency for Academic Exchange. DAAD, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with support from the German University Project Office at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the European Union.

Hariri participated in the second session entitled "Protracted Displacement and Higher Education in the Middle East Region", speaking about her joining the Zarqa University as part of the DAFI scholarship to study Journalism and Mass Communication, and returning to school after a five-year break, in addition to the difficulties students face to integrate into new societies and starting their working life.

Hariri thanked the efforts of Zarqa University and its cooperation with international and local organizations to secure study opportunities for Syrian students in Jordan, and working for their integration into Jordanian society.