Thousands of kilometers to take the exam" Dana Shabat"

Although thousands of people have lost their lives in the Gaza war, thousands of young people continue their education and strive for the future. This was reported by Zamin.uz.

One of them is 18-year-old Dana Shabat, who, despite difficult conditions, is forced to travel long distances every day to take her school graduation exams. For Dana, this week is one of the most important periods of her life.

She is taking the graduation exams, which are of vital importance for completing school. Dana has always been one of the most gifted students.

Her average score has never dropped below 99 percent. Nevertheless, the girl does not hide the fact that she feels great anxiety before the exams.

As she says, it is precisely these exams that will determine her future fate. Dana is still undecided between studying medicine, finance, or business management.

However, she hopes to achieve high results, win a grant to study abroad, and build a new future after the hardships she has endured in Gaza. Dana has been living with the consequences of the war for more than two and a half years.

In one of the attacks in May 2024, she survived, but her mother Lina was killed. Since the war began, thousands of Palestinians have become victims, and Dana, along with her family, has experienced the bitter consequences of this tragedy.

She used to live in Beit Hanun in the north of Gaza. However, as a result of the war, this area has turned into a vast wasteland.

Now Dana lives with her surviving family members in a tent camp in the city of Deir al-Balah. Due to the destruction or conversion of many school buildings in Gaza into temporary shelters for displaced persons, Dana continues her education remotely.

The school graduation exams were also organized online. For this reason, the girl wakes up before dawn every day, walks with her father Muhanna for about an hour to a café where the internet works well, and takes her exams there.

It is only there that she has the opportunity to take the exams. I never imagined that the most important step of my life would be like this.

Even three years of study were not enough for me. I was forced to study all subjects independently.

Now, taking the exams has become yet another source of stress and pressure, Dana said. This year, 37,000 Palestinian students in Gaza are taking their graduation exams.

For the first time since the war began, these exams are being held in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Education in the West Bank. However, while students in the West Bank take the exams in school buildings as usual, all graduates in Gaza are forced to take the tests online.

Today Dana is taking the physics exam, which is one of her most difficult subjects.

Physics requires a very high level of concentration. I mainly studied it on my own.

I studied some topics with the help of private tutors. However, due to the war, the opportunity to meet with teachers was very limited.

That is why I had to study many things on my own. Dana is waiting for the results of her exams.

If she scores high, she will try to obtain a grant to study at foreign universities. For Dana, this is not only a personal hope, but also a hope for her entire family.

Her father Muhanna expresses confidence in his daughter’s success. Dana is all our hopes.

She wants to build her future, and we are striving to give her that opportunity. Among the youth of Gaza, there are many like Dana who are fighting for education.

All of them, despite difficult conditions, do not give up on obtaining knowledge. This remains a hope for the future.