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Refugee Stories
Syrian Students mobilize in support of
Gaza

On 13th of January students in all
government and UNRWA schools Syria stood together in a solemn show of
support to their fellow students in Gaza who have died or who are
suffering because of the conflict.
The campaign, 'For the Children of Gaza', has a very
simple message; that the children of Syria say 'no' to violence and the
unnecessary and wasteful loss of young life.
The school event aimed to provide young people with
an opportunity to express their grief and frustration in a way that
would draw greater international attention to the catastrophic
humanitarian impact that this conflict is having on the people of Gaza.

Students with Syrian First Lady Asma Akhras al-Assad
The climax of the half-hour event was at precisely
eighteen minutes past midday, when students across the country fell
silent for one minute to remember those civilians who have lost their
life in Gaza; eighteen was chosen as a poignant, stirring reminder that
the conflict had now, tragically, moved into its eighteenth day.
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