Swimming in Gaza - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Initiatives in Gaza is aimed at teaching younger children how to swim properly. The goal is to help young boys and girls develop physical strength and resilience in a challenging environment.

A member of Hamas security forces gives instructions to Palestinian students during a military-style exercise at the courtyard of a high school in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 6, 2013. The military-style exercise in the 138 Hamas-run high schools in Gaza was part of a program sanctioned by the Hamas Islamist government to teach students how to use guns. Education officials in Gaza say some 6,000 students have joined the training initiative where only boys can sign up for the voluntary progra

Gaza Schoolchildren Receive Military Training From Hamas

Hazem Balousha

Hazem Balousha

Members of Gaza Circus practice juggling with clubs and rings in a garage in the northern Gaza Strip April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RTX2AI05

Gaza circus schools juggle raising funds, training children

Hana Salah

Hana Salah

Egypt's first female dolphin trainer swims against the stream

Amira Sayed Ahmed

Amira Sayed Ahmed

Anti-bullying campaigns raising social awareness in Egypt

Nayrouz Talaat

Nayrouz Talaat