Ninety-five Arab students, including two women, have enrolled in the Hebrew University for the current semester, it was reported here today. Twenty-nine of the Arabs are studying medicine, including one of the two women, who is in her second year of the medical course.
Twenty-nine are also enrolled in the law faculty; 23 in the faculty of humanities; eight in the faculty of sciences; four in the School of Social Work; and two in the faculty of agriculture. Last year, 88 Arab students attended the university.
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