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Thank you for sharing this. It was a pleasure to read - the youthful zest of your excitement and passion really expresses itself in your writing. I was also touched by how one of your immediate priorities is to help your parents and brothers financially. (Hope you are able fulfill all your wishes).

If you don't mind sharing with us - I am curious how educated your parents are and what their profession is currently?

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Thank you! My father is an engineer and my mother has a master degree in psychology. My father works for al-baladiyya, I think in English it’s called the municipality. My mother is working with the Gaza Community Mental Health Program which is an NGO. My mom’s salary is stable but my dad’s is not.

The problem is that there are few jobs in Gaza due to the wars and the closed borders. Lucky us they are working but my father is earning just 50% of the actual salary. This happens a lot in Gaza nowadays. The economic situation has been getting a lot worse for the last few years.

Forgive my ignorance and curiosity - but why is your father's pay not steady if he works in a municipality? If he works at a Muncipality, it should mean he works for the government, and everywhere in the world government jobs pay may be low but it is supposed to be steady with good job security?

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