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British Celebrities Launch Online Auction to Support Gaza Scholarships
More than 20 celebrities are donating items to fund fully paid scholarships for Gazan students who have UK university offers but lack travel support.
- On Monday, July 27, 2026, the Phoenix Space charity launched a 10-day auction featuring items from celebrities including Nicola Coughlan and Gary Lineker to fund scholarships for Palestinian students in Gaza.
- Hundreds of Gazan students have secured places at UK universities including University College London and Imperial, yet lack the financial support the British government requires for evacuation.
- Mahmoud Hasanain, a computer science student at Glasgow University, evacuated Gaza last year; his brother Mohammed remains trapped despite securing an offer to study at the same institution.
- Dame Vanessa Redgrave and Dame Janet Suzman are contributing meaningful items, including an antique necklace symbolizing "passing on the beauty of knowledge," to provide necessary scholarship funding.
- Israeli military operations have destroyed or damaged 95% of higher education campuses in Gaza, while 1.2 million people face significant food shortages, underscoring urgent humanitarian need.
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Several other celebrities, including actors Brian Cox and Paapa Essiedu, joined the movement launched by the British charity Phoenix Space.
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