by Erika Francks, Camille Berry, and Sujude Dalieh

In 1980, my father, at 17, sat in his high school classroom when his national entrance exam (the “Tawjihi”) scores were received. His science stream score was .2 points below his classmate, a girl from a nearby village, placing her as the top-ranked student in his class.

By Sujude Dalieh