Gaza teen Dana Shabat takes final exams online after schools destroyed
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- Dana Shabat, an 18-year-old Gaza high school student, is sitting her final exams online after Israel's war destroyed most schools across the territory.
- Shabat continues her studies through bombardment, repeated displacement, and electricity blackouts, according to the June 29 report.
- She has framed her exams as a mission to turn survival into success rather than abandon her education.
- Shabat is also determined to keep alive the legacy of her mother, Lina, whose name the report highlights as a driving motivation.
Why it matters: With most Gaza schools physically destroyed, an entire cohort of students faces the collapse of formal education; Dana's online exams represent one of the few remaining pathways for Gaza's high schoolers to earn credentials, and her mother's memory adds a personal dimension to a systemic loss of learning infrastructure.
