"Running the gauntlet of the capital's transport network for the first time in her life, and manoeuvring through the London Underground, proved to be an overstimulating experience. I asked a bunch of people if I was taking the right route, she told The Standard, crediting Google Maps for her accomplishment. I now have to charge my phone like crazy, so that I don't get lost in the middle of nowhere, she added."
"Just days before starting her studies, she had left her family and her home in Gaza for the very first time and with it, the reality of living through over two years of conflict that's claimed nearly 70,000 Palestinian lives. Hanya is among a small cohort of Palestinian students who recently left the besieged territory after securing a chance to study in the UK. Around 75 Palestinian students have so far arrived from Gaza after the UK government began helping with evacuations last month for scholarship holders."
"After months of applications, English-language tests, video calls and waiting, it was only on October 20 that Hanya learned that she would finally be extracted from Gaza. She was given just two days' notice to say her abrupt goodbyes and she had to leave everything behind. I wasn't allowed to exit with anything except the clothes on my back and my phone, charger, and documentation, she recalled. That was a bit humiliating, to be honest."
Hanya Aljamal, 28, left Gaza for the first time to begin an MA in Law at Goldsmiths University. She navigated London's transport network and found the London Underground overstimulating, relying on Google Maps and extra phone charging to avoid getting lost. Just days before starting, she departed after over two years of conflict that has killed nearly 70,000 Palestinians. Around 75 Palestinian scholarship students have arrived in the UK after government-assisted evacuations. Hanya received extraction notice on October 20 with two days to leave, permitted only clothes, a phone, charger, and documents, leaving sentimental belongings behind.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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