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November 8, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hamas-guardian-law-keeps-gaza-woman-from-studying-abroad/2021/11/05/c3466234-3e01-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html

Hamas "Guardian" Law Keeps Gaza Woman from Studying Abroad

(AP-Washington Post) Fares Akram - Gaza resident Afaf al-Najar, 19, won a scholarship to study communications in Turkey, secured all the necessary travel documents and even paid $500 to skip the long lines at the Rafah crossing with Egypt. But when she arrived at the border on Sep. 21 she was turned back - not by Israel or Egypt, but by Hamas. Hamas authorities say a male relative can petition a court to prevent a woman from traveling outside the territory and Al-Najar's father filed such a petition.

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