But as Sally’s younger sister Sarah sat her Tawjihi exams this month, that symbolism felt distant. Why We Wrote This Gaza's high school graduation exams are seen as far more than an individual academic accomplishment. A lover of Dostoyevsky’s novels and Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” Ms. Mkhaimer dreamed of traveling the world and studying English literature. Ghada Abdulfattah Mohammad Ishtiwi must complete his Tawjihi exams on the street using a glitchy cellphone app and a flimsy internet connection in Gaza. Students due to take the exams in 2024 and 2025, such as Ms. Mkaimer and Mr. Ishtiwi, totaled around 79,000.