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Ruwaida Amer

My student Yehia Dahdouh survived an Israeli bombing, but his pain is huge

Wael Dahdouh with his son Yehia after he got his orange belt in karate, in 2021 [wael_eldahdouh/Instagram]

Fukhari, Gaza – Everyone at our school knows that Yehia Dahdouh is the son of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh.

He was in my fifth-grade science class at the Rosary Sisters School in Tel el-Hawa and the first time I called his name for attendance, he stood up promptly with a: “Yes, miss.” I remember being relieved that he seemed a kind child who laughed a lot.

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