A damaged building of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Feb. 15, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator, and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today since the beginning of the war in Gaza and following the cease-fire.It was the first time I had gone out just to have some fun in more than three weeks. Last Thursday, I met with my cousin Rawan at another cousin’s, Reham, in the Al-Jalaa neighborhood. Reham is married to Rawan's brother, Alaa, so the family is especially close. We chatted, laughed, drank coffee, and, for a few hours, enjoyed a rare sense of normalcy.What made the evening even more special was that the following day, Friday, the results of Gaza's high school exams, the Tawjihi, were expected to be announced. Rawan was...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator, and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today since the beginning of the war in Gaza and following the cease-fire.It was the first time I had gone out just to have some fun in more than three weeks. Last Thursday, I met with my cousin Rawan at another cousin’s, Reham, in the Al-Jalaa neighborhood. Reham is married to Rawan's brother, Alaa, so the family is especially close. We chatted, laughed, drank coffee, and, for a few hours, enjoyed a rare sense of normalcy.What made the evening even more special was that the following day, Friday, the results of Gaza's high school exams, the Tawjihi, were expected to be announced. Rawan was...
