{"id":168567,"date":"2024-05-30T14:19:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=168567"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:22","slug":"medical-student-mohammed-receives-student-of-the-year-award-in-emotional-award-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/30\/medical-student-mohammed-receives-student-of-the-year-award-in-emotional-award-show\/","title":{"rendered":"After an emotional awards show, medicine student Mohammed was named Student of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI am feeling guilty that I can just be safe and happy\u201d, said Mohammed Shamallakh after hearing his name called out as the winner of this year\u2019s Student of the Year. Mohammed dedicates his time to support Palestinian students and spread awareness about the situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n

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Unlike the two previous editions, there was less joy but mostly mixed feelings with the winner of the Student of the Year award. Mohammed, originally from Gaza and now a medical student at Erasmus MC, was nominated because of his commitment to Palestinian students in the Netherlands and in Gaza. He was emotional when asked about his feelings about the nomination. \u201cIt is not special what I am doing, it should be normal. I am doing it for the sake of my people for the sake of humanity and humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Student of the Year live show, organised for the third time by EM and Studium General at the Pavilion, began with excitement over the student dressed up in full-green as Desiderius\u00a0Erasmus standing at the entrance. People looking for a place to sit were greeted with chill tunes coming from the student band Empa Nadas and the dim lighting from the decorated stage. Following \u2018bag pipe Richard\u2019 and the human statue Erasmus all the candidates walked up to their first-row seats followed by the cheerful claps of the audience. David Boeren and Tessa Hofland hosted the live show and urged the candidates to come to the stage one by one.
\nThe live show program included The EURvision winner Christina performing a self-written song. \u201cI think my fifteen-year-old self is proud\u201d, says Christina, who wrote the song at that age. The medical students Noor Willemijn de Wijs was welcomed to the stage to perform her own poems.<\/p>\n

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Outstanding nominees<\/h2>

\u201cThey are all outstanding in a different way\u201d, says Robert Dur, professor at the Erasmus School of Economics, as a member of the jury about the nominees. He described that it was hard to pick a winner because the nominees were all \u2018future world leaders\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t

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