Syrian tweeters celebrated the image of a sixty-year-old man while he was performing exams with a group of students at the University of Idlib, northern Syria.
The picture shows Haji Abdul Karim al-Bakri (63 years old), who is displaced from the city of Tamanah in Idlib governorate, and is studying history for the second year, and has achieved high marks in his exams.
Abdul Karim al-Bakri said in an exclusive interview with Sanad, “My return to school is linked to the harsh living conditions and my father’s illness in my youth, as I was unable to complete my studies, and regret remained in my heart, so I went back to study again.”
And yes, the student, you blind
A student of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Idlib is taking the exam today.
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- Anas Al-Maarawi (@ anasanas84) February 13, 2021
Al-Bakri added, "I have given the university more than 120 books from my private library, which are valuable books that are not in the current libraries, and my entry to the university at this age is an incentive for young people to seek knowledge."
Al-Bakri was praised and praised by the tweeters, and activist Rami Al-Sayed wrote, "Determination, determination and success exceed all the qualities you find in Hajj Abdul Karim Al-Bakri, a student in the second year of the Faculty of Arts, Department of History, despite his advanced age, he is superior and the first in his class in the first year."
Journalist Ahmed Saeed commented on the photo, saying, "That is why I love Idlib and its people, the last forts of the Ahrar."
And they ask you why you love Idlib and its people 🌺 The last castles of Al-Ahrar pic.twitter.com/JugGJeZXQy
- Ahmed Saeed (@ahsaeedhd) February 13, 2021
For his part, the media, Anas Al-Maarawi, interacted with the photo, saying, "Yes, the student, oh uncle, one of the students of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Idlib is taking the exam today."
The image achieved widespread popularity, and commentators emphasized that "the dream still has a rest and hope despite the dust of war, displacement and the tragic reality that the Syrian people have lived."