Najya, a teacher’s assistant, poses for a photo in front of her damaged school near her home. Al Mashrou school in Mashrou Al-Hadaba area has been the frontline in the fighting between the Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Sept 13, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. Najiya got displaced for months during the war on the capital. All of her neighbors’ houses and her school were destroyed and damaged because of the recent war. They still have not finished clearing the land from the landmines. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
Heba and Yaqeen, age 18, study together for the final exams in Yaqeen's living room. Yaqeen and Heba live in the neighborhood of Almashrou al-Hadba in southern Tripoli. They use to study at al-Mashrou school but had to move to another school to continue their studies. When the war erupted on the 4th of April in 2019, their school became a frontline battlefield of southern Tripoli. Heba and Yaqeen were forced to leave their homes under the threat of the bomb shells. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
al-Hurriya school, on Airport Road in southern Tripoli, the principle and the deputy principle discuss students and school matters at the office. al-Hurriya school fell on the frontline between Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Oct. 04, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
Alaa, 18 years old, poses for a photo in her bedroom in Daa’wa Islamia in southern Tripoli on Sept. 26, 2020, Libya. Alaa, like all high school seniors, takes intensive lessons to complete her curriculum in only a month and a half to allow her to enter secondary school certificate examination. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
Doa, 18 years old, poses for a photo in her bedroom beside her desk where she studies for her final exam on Shoq road in southern Tripoli on Sept. 29, 2020, Libya. Doa, like all high school seniors, takes intensive lessons to complete her curriculum in only a month and a half to allow her to enter secondary school certificate examination. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
A high school student leaves school after taking their final writing exam at al-Hurriya school on Airport Road in southern Tripoli. al-Hurriya school fell on the frontline between Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Oct. 04, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
High school seniors take their final writing exam while following the Covid protocol at al-Hurriya school on Airport Road in southern Tripoli. al-Hurriya school fell on the frontline between Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Oct. 04, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
The deputy principle, Enaam El-Gadi, stands in a damaged laboratory at al-Hurriya school on Airport Road in southern Tripoli. al-Hurriya school fell on the frontline between Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Oct. 04, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)
A destroyed ambulance that belonged to the Libyan Red Crecent. Al Mashrou school in Mashrou Al-Hadaba area, which has been a frontline in the fighting between the Hafter’s forces and GNA forces from April 4th, 2019 until June 2020. Sept 28, 2020, Tripoli, Libya. (Photo by Nada Harib for The Washington Post)