Gaza students denied by blockade
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I regret to inform you that the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State will not be able to finalise your Fulbright Student Scholarship for 2008."
With those words, in a brief letter from the United States Consulate in Jerusalem, the dreams of seven talented and ambitious young people from Gaza were dashed.
For talented and ambitious students, Gaza's education system has its limits
The seven, including Hadeel Abukwaik, had been offered places on the prestigious Fulbright scheme - realising their desires to complete their studies abroad.
For talented students, like Hadeel, the Gazan education system can only offer so much.
It is almost impossible to enrol on post-graduate university courses and many, specialised, degrees can only be pursued elsewhere.
Hadeel, who is 23 and is currently working as a university teacher, had been accepted on a Masters course in computer science in the United States.
On its own website, the Fulbright Program, which is run by the US State Department, proudly proclaims to be "an integral part of US foreign relations".
"Face-to-face exchanges have proven to be the single most effective means of engaging foreign publics while broadening dialogue between US citizens and institutions and their counterparts abroad," it says.
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