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Rua' Kdeih
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Rua' Kdeih
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Rua' Kdeih

Palestinian
Rua' Kdeih was an eleven-year old Palestinian student at the Khuza'a Elementary Co-ed A&B School, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, which was damaged in the 2014 hostilities. A notebook of her poetry was found in the rubble, and she was invited to read a poem at the school's reopening ceremony.