and in 1960 indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru arrived in gaza to visit indian troops who were part of the un peacekeeping force. gaza's landscape has changed considerably over the years. more winter as he's trying to document this transformation. this is the grace ameri mosque the oldest and largest structure of its kind in the gaza strip. the centuries old building was severely damaged in world war one and rebuilt in the 1920 s. . but some buildings have fallen into disrepair. like the former al nasr cinema. most of gaza's movie theaters were shut down in the late 1980 s. often due to political considerations they were seen as having a liberal influence. a number of historic buildings that were no longer used have been torn down like the former train station. here marwan is visiting the signs of the railroad that once operated between gaza and egypt. for them was almost. forgot it was. their job on the. other the other. one is among the largest of the. last. you're going to would like to get the money parents in fact. the days of train travel in gaza on long gone over the years re

she's a historian and former professor of history at jawaharlal nehru university she joins us on skype from new delhi good to have you with us on the news our countries worldwide are struggling with this study lemma whether to go ahead with exam and open schools or keep students away from schools and they have been arguing that the damage done by keeping universities and school shots is worse in the long term than the medical impact of coverts such as why are you so opposed to having these exams going ahead and having these schools and universities open. no i don't agree i think that damage that is being done is a when we shut down industries may be shut down all business activity all the economic activity that was shut down without giving due or to reach a sudden lockdown was imposed i don't think the damage is done by shutting down the educational institutions because that was absolutely necessary in educational institutions children and young people. in you know very crabbed conditions often very inadequate. and it's a very very risky you just products for children to that those kin