Textbooks, stationery and even paper have become scarce, while unreliable electricity and internet access have made it even harder to study.
"It's hard for high school students to find even second-hand books because no new textbooks have entered Gaza for the past three years," she said.
"Even A4 paper is expensive. Two hundred sheets cost around $150. Everything is expensive."
But whenever she felt overwhelmed, her mother and siblings reminded her of her father's dream.
"Every family in Gaza has experienced grief. We have lost fathers, mothers, siblings and sometimes entire families. We didn't choose to live through this genocide, but we keep trying to live and hold on to the small moments because that is our right.
