Children look at the ruins of the Burj Qalaway public school destroyed by an Israeli strike during Education Minister Rima Karameh's tour of southern Lebanon on Sept. 2, 2026. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Aya does not know when — or where — she will go back to school. To answer either question, the 18-year-old would first need to know where she will be living in the coming days.With Israeli strikes intensifying around Nabatieh and the strategic Ali Taher hill, her family, originally from the border village of Mais al-Jabal, is preparing to flee Kfar Jouz, where they had settled after the nominal "cease-fire" in late June.For the past three years, Aya’s education has been repeatedly disrupted by forced displacement. "After we fled Mais al-Jabal in late 2023, I took classes remotely. After the 66-day war [September-November 2024], our destroyed school reopened in prefabricated buildings, and I went back to in-person classes. When the war resumed in March, we fled again, this time to Maghdoucheh. I finished my final year of...
Aya does not know when — or where — she will go back to school. To answer either question, the 18-year-old would first need to know where she will be living in the coming days.With Israeli strikes intensifying around Nabatieh and the strategic Ali Taher hill, her family, originally from the border village of Mais al-Jabal, is preparing to flee Kfar Jouz, where they had settled after the nominal "cease-fire" in late June.For the past three years, Aya’s education has been repeatedly disrupted by forced displacement. "After we fled Mais al-Jabal in late 2023, I took classes remotely. After the 66-day war [September-November 2024], our destroyed school reopened in prefabricated buildings, and I went back to in-person classes. When the war resumed in March, we fled again, this time to Maghdoucheh. I finished my final year...
