No school, living in a tent, but it’s exam time in Gaza
Summary
Dana Shabat, an 18-year-old student from Gaza, is taking her high school graduation exams online due to the destruction of schools in the war between Israel and Gaza. Despite living in a tent after losing her home and mother in the conflict, she studies hard with support from private tutors and faces the exams as a critical step toward a scholarship abroad.Key Facts
- Dana is one of 37,000 Palestinian students taking the tawjihi exams this year.
- The tawjihi exams are the final high school tests needed for university admission.
- Schools in Gaza have been destroyed or turned into shelters during the war.
- Gaza students take their exams online, while West Bank students take them in schools.
- Dana lost her mother in an Israeli attack last year that killed thousands of Palestinians.
- She now lives displaced in a tent with her family in central Gaza.
- Dana studies by herself, using tutors and videos, and travels early to an internet café to take her exams.
- Her father, a former chemistry teacher, is supporting her financially despite difficult conditions.
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