Yafa al-Mozain, 18, graduated high school in Gaza City last year and was accepted to Birzeit University in Ramallah, West Bank.  She has not been allowed to leave and spends her days in Gaza City watching TV and surfing the web.
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Hatem Shurrab, 22, was accepted to a training program for media practitioners at the United Nations in New York. Israel has denied him an exit permit so he cannot get a U.S. visa in Jerusalem or Cairo.
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Mohamed Abu Dayyeh, 19, was accepted to begin studies at Sinai University in Egypt in Business Administration and Marketing. He has paid to begin classes but is unable to leave Gaza.
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Hani Sami Louzon, 22, studies at the Law Faculty at Beirut University in Alexandria, Egypt.  He came home to visit his family in June and has not been able to leave since.
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Khaled al-Mudallal, 22, has lived for six years in the UK and was due to start his third year at Bradford University studying Business and Management. He returned to Gaza in June to collect his fiance and has been unable to leave. Khaled al-Mudallal’s website: www.letkhaledstudy.co.uk
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