LET THEM GO

SHAYMAA’S AGONY OVER SCOTTISH UNI PLACE

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND

THE Israeli government is facing demands to allow students trapped in Gaza who have won places at Scottish universities to travel to the UK.

The Sunday Mail has highlighted the case of Shaymaa, 32, who has a fully funded scholarship for a PhD in English Literature at Edinburgh University.

She is among around 40 students due to study in Scotland and 102 across the UK.

Shaymaa, who taught at the Islamic University of Gaza until it was bombed early in the war, told the Sunday Mail: “We still don't have any updates regarding evacuation. We are just anxiously waiting for confirmation from the government that we will be evacuated on a specific date.

“I’m from east of Khan Yunis and we have been displaced in Al-Mawasi since May 19.

“Everyone in Gaza lives each moment as if its our last, our last moment on earth. We always feel like we could be the next target and at the same time we are waiting for a ceasefire.