99.6% Despite Challenges: Hussein Aslim Seizes His Dream from the Rubble of War

Student Hussein Aslim achieved a 99.6% score in the Palestinian general secondary exams despite war, displacement, and instability. He was forced to move more than 15 times and lost 15 kg due to food shortages, with in-person education suspended and limited access to private tutoring.

Student Hussein Aslim achieved a 99.6% score in the scientific stream of the Palestinian general secondary exams under exceptional circumstances of war and displacement. He was forced to move more than 15 times between areas of Gaza and its south, and lost 15 kilograms of his weight due to food shortages. In-person education was suspended, forcing him to enroll in private tutoring in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and English, while suffering from weak internet and long distances. He took responsibility for his family after his father traveled and his mother worked at a hospital. He aspires to study medicine, influenced by the suffering of the wounded he witnessed.