Palestinian student Khayr AlDeen Abu AlHasan, aged 18, managed to get to the finals of the international 2019 Arab Reading Challenge staged in Dubai.
Khayr Aldeen, who fled war-torn Syria to Germany, said his success is a proof that Palestinian refugees scattered overseas have never and will never throw in the towel despite the traumatic upshots wrought by the daily scenes of bloodshed, destruction, and displacement.