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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maira Butt

‘A scholarship made me dream of a life beyond Gaza – then the UK told me to leave my children behind’

A Palestinian mother has been forced to give up on a prestigious scholarship to study at a British university after an “unfair” government policy prevented her from bringing her family to the UK.

Amany, 34, won a life-changing Phoenix Space scholarship to study for an MSc in gender and international relations at the University of Bristol earlier this year.

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