Arab American University

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Arab American University – AAUP is the first private university in Palestine. AAUP was founded in the year 2000 and it provides BA, MA and PhD degree programs. The main campus is located near Talfit at the south of Jenin Governorate, and the other campus is located in AlReehan area in Ramallah and AlBireh Governorate. ()

Local name: האוניברסיטה הערבית-אמריקאית בג'נין Established: 2000 (24 years ago)Coordinates: 32°24'23"N, 35°20'34"E

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Jenin / RamallahWest BankIsrael

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Arab American University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fatima Khatun Mosque, The Freedom Theatre, Burqin, Mount Gilboa.

4.6 miNW
Mosque
Fatima Khatun Mosque, Jenin
116 min walk • The Fatima Khatun Mosque is the main mosque of the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Adjacent to the mosque is the still-active Fatima Khatun Girls' School.
5.1 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Freedom Theatre, Jenin
130 min walk • The Freedom Theatre is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the West Bank. Established in 2006, the theatre aims to generate cultural resistance through the fields of popular culture and art as a catalyst for...
5.9 miNW
Town, Cemetery
Burqin
152 min walk • Burqin is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 5 km west of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Gilboa
117 min walk • Mount Gilboa Hebrew: הַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ, הר הגלבוע, Har HaGilboa; Arabic: جبل جلبوع or Arabic: جبل فقوعة, sometimes called the Mountains of Gelboe, is a mountain range overlooking the Harod Valley part of the Jezreel Valley to the north and the Jordan Valley to south-east and hills to the west.
7.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hureish
191 min walk • Mount Hureish is a mountain in the northern West Bank, part of the broader Jabal Nablus range. It abuts the Marj Sanur valley to the south and its peak is 764 meters above sea level, making it the tallest mountain in the Jenin area, and the sixth highest peak in the Palestine.
3.5 miW
Locality
Qabatiya
90 min walk • Qabatya census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007. Its total land area consists of 50,547 dunams and it is situated approximately 256 metres above sea level.
1.8 miSW
Town
Zababdeh
46 min walk • Zababdeh or Zababida is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15 kilometres southeast of Jenin and 2 kilometres from the Arab American University.

Arab American University

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Arab American University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Fatima Khatun Mosque, Jenin

The Freedom Theatre, Jenin

Burqin

Mount Gilboa

Mount Hureish

Qabatiya

Zababdeh