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Nawal 20-year-old student from Khan Younes southern Gaza strip

Nawal 20-year-old student from Khan Younes southern Gaza strip Nawal was born with normal eyesight, but when she during her elementary school year, she suffered from pressure in the eyes, which later developed to cause total blindness. So she was forced to study using braille books. She is now a student at the Islamic University in Gaza, she in her junior year (3rd year) studying educational guidance and psychological counseling. She always follows up on her lessons and loves studying. After the outbreak of COVID-19 in Gaza Nawal, like all students in Gaza, started to follow her lessons via e-learning. She said, “I love studying, reading makes me happy, but after the spread of coronavirus and the lockdown of universities, studying became so hard, I learn through a computer but it’s not the same as books”. Nawal is one of the beneficiaries who Al Majd Association for Development helped and provided them with suitable books in order to follow up on their education during Covid-19. Al Majd Association for Development helps Nawal along with tens of students in the Gaza strip, this will ensure for those students to have the suitable education