The girls in the Gaza school photograph
Summary
A math teacher, Maha Taha, keeps a photo from June 2023 of her 15 teenage students at Muscat Secondary School for Girls in Gaza. After Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, one girl in the photo was killed, some have left Gaza, and others have been displaced, disrupting their education and future plans.Key Facts
- Maha Taha has taught math for 20 years at a girls’ school in Gaza.
- The photo shows 15 girls aged 17-18, taken after their mock exams in June 2023.
- The girls were hopeful about exams, university, and their futures before the war.
- Israel’s war on Gaza started in October 2023.
- One of the girls in the photo died in an Israeli air strike.
- Four girls have left Gaza since the conflict began.
- Many others have been displaced, interrupting their schooling and life goals.
- The article followed up to see what happened to all the girls and if they could reunite.
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