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Nicola Coughlan, Gary Lineker Back Gaza Scholarship Auction Beginning July 27
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, charity Phoenix Space launched a 10-day online auction on Jumblebee featuring memorabilia from celebrities including Nicola Coughlan and Gary Lineker to fund scholarships for Palestinian students in Gaza.
- Hundreds of Gazan students secured places at UK universities including University College London and Imperial, yet the British government requires fully funded scholarships before evacuation, leaving many without necessary financial support.
- Mahmoud Hasanain, a computer science student at Glasgow University, evacuated Gaza last year through a scholarship. His brother Mohammed remains trapped in Gaza despite holding an offer to study Business and Management at the same institution.
- Dame Vanessa Redgrave and Dame Janet Suzman are among donors contributing meaningful items, including an antique necklace symbolizing "passing on the beauty of knowledge," to provide scholarship funding for students to pursue their education.
- Israeli military operations have destroyed or damaged 95% of higher education campuses in Gaza, while 1.2 million people face significant food shortages, according to reports highlighting the urgent humanitarian and educational crisis.
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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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