Palestinian students racing against the best with a car made from recycled bits
NOVANEWS
Once again Palestinian students from the hell of the Holy Land face impossible odds as they take on top Western universities at the Silverstone race circuit
By Stuart Littlewood
Young Palestinian journalist Joumana Imad, writing in Al-Monitor, reports that engineering students from Al-Najah National University in Nablus (the West Bank) will be competing against 100 other teams from around the world in the 2018 Formula Student racing car competition at the UK’s Silverstone circuit, the home of Formula One.
What makes the contest so interesting is that the Al-Najah car is made from recycled components due to scarcity and high cost of new parts and materials in the Palestinian territories under Israeli military occupation. Everything has had to be locally sourced, nothing imported....