CAIRO/GAZA ¨C Farah Abu Qainas hoped to become a teacher, but an Israeli airstrike last year injured her so badly, she lost her left leg, throwing all her future plans into doubt and adding the 21-year-old to a list of thousands of new amputees in devastated Gaza.
Still living in temporary shelter, Abu Qainas attends physiotherapy sessions at a prosthetics center in the territory where she waits in a wheelchair for an artificial limb that could allow her some freedom again.
¡°That day, I lost more than just my leg. My dreams vanished,¡± she said. ¡°I longed to attend university and teach children. But this injury has stolen that future.¡±
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