Ali, 13, a Syrian child refugee in Lebanon, Yearns for School and a Future
200 views · Published 5 December 2017 · 0:52 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: UNICEF USA · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism
Ali, 13, has had difficulties learning to read and write again, after witnessing an attack on his school in Syria in which two of his friends died. He is currently going to school in Lebanon, the country that has been his home for the past five years. Ali says: "I used to study English, math, Arabic and other subjects. I was the top of my class, but because of the war... I don’t know what happened to me. I forgot how to read. Here I enrolled in school and learned to read again."
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