North Sinai students face extremes to reach their dreams

As school resumes, dedicated students in volatile North Sinai have more to worry about than homework.
An Egyptian army tank is seen stationed outside a school taken over by soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula between the northern Sinai cities of Al-Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed, May 25, 2015. Authorities in the Sinai Peninsula are battling insurgents who support Islamic State, the militant group that has seized parts of Iraq, Syria and Libya. The Sinai conflict, which has has displaced hundreds of Egyptians, is the biggest security challenge for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has promised to deliver stability a
An Egyptian army tank is seen stationed outside a school taken over by soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula between the northern Sinai cities of el-Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed, May 25, 2015. - REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Khaled Ashraf Abdel Razeq starts his day by studying and reviewing all his school subjects, and that's how he ends it. He feels compelled to excel like his sister, who ranked first among all students in the northern Sinai on her college entrance exam in the humanities section.

However, one day early this year was like no other.

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