Al-Quds Open University
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Al-Quds Open University is an independent, distance education public university in Palestine. It was created by a decree issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1991. QOU is the first Open learning institute in Palestine. It has 60,000 students studying in 19 branches and centers distributed all over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. QOU is the largest non-campus university in Palestine. In 2023, the university's facilities in the Gaza Strip were destroyed by Israeli bombardment during the Gaza war.
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