"I had just begun my third year studying English translation at university when the war started. The onslaught turned my life upside down it erased colours, shattered dreams, and broke my spirit. University education the centre of my life and ambition stopped. Gaza itself came to a standstill amid unprecedented destruction. Like all families in Gaza, my family and I have suffered greatly during this war."
"In the summer of 2024, universities reopened but only for online learning. I registered, not because I still believed I could achieve my dream of being a teaching assistant, but because I wanted to finish what I had started. I completed my third year the year that was supposed to shape me as a future lecturer from inside a tent, using unstable internet."
I began third year studying English translation when the war began, abruptly ending university and everyday life. The onslaught erased colours, shattered dreams, and broke my spirit. My family fled ten times across Gaza, moving from northern Gaza to Khan Younis, Rafah, Deir el-Balah, and back to Gaza City before another displacement. Our home was badly damaged and now has tarpaulins instead of walls. Universities reopened online in summer 2024; I registered to finish what I had started and completed third year from a tent with unstable internet. Final year began in February, then famine caused severe weight loss, dizziness, and constant fear.
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