I didn’t register for classes this semester. When I saw on Facebook that the Islamic University of Gaza had opened for online enrollment – online because Israel has destroyed IUG’s campus – I considered signing up for classes. But, in the end, I lost my enthusiasm and decided against it.
The situation here is incredibly uncomfortable. I’m displaced in a tent in Nuseirat, central Gaza, with about 20 people. The internet is slow, there is constant noise around me, there are unexpected evacuations and my mental health is devastated.
This would’ve been my third year of studies in English literature at IUG. And under ordinary circumstances, the start of the academic semester would feel like a time of promise and new beginnings.
Not this year.
I couldn’t imagine participating in formal classes, even online ones. I’m now a sophomore student stuck in my second year. …more
