A nurse tending to a patient at one of the hospitals in Lebanon. (Credit: Mohammed Yassin/L'Orient Today)
“Every morning, my father woke up at the crack of dawn and worked long hours so I could go to the Lebanese University. That was our life for four years straight,” says Dana, a Palestinian nursing graduate since 2023 from Shatila refugee camp, originally from the city of Yaffa, now a part of Tel Aviv in Israel.Her father, a plumber, insisted she pursue higher education “and make something of herself,” determined that his daughter would have a better life than the one he built in the worn-down camp in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Motivated by his niece, a nurse in Saudi Arabia, he encouraged her to pursue nursing. More in public health Seasonal flu in Lebanon: Rise in H3N2 cases is 'normal' Knowing that Palestinians in Lebanon cannot legally work in most regulated professions, her father held on to the hope that something might change...
“Every morning, my father woke up at the crack of dawn and worked long hours so I could go to the Lebanese University. That was our life for four years straight,” says Dana, a Palestinian nursing graduate since 2023 from Shatila refugee camp, originally from the city of Yaffa, now a part of Tel Aviv in Israel.Her father, a plumber, insisted she pursue higher education “and make something of herself,” determined that his daughter would have a better life than the one he built in the worn-down camp in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Motivated by his niece, a nurse in Saudi Arabia, he encouraged her to pursue nursing. More in public health Seasonal flu in Lebanon: Rise in H3N2 cases is 'normal' Knowing that Palestinians in Lebanon cannot legally work in most regulated professions, her father held on to the hope that something...
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