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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Despite the difficulty of the journey, the young woman, Lama Abu Fares, from the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit, managed, with her patience, persistence, and diligence, to excel, to shoot an arrow at the sun and graduate from the Faculty of Engineering in only four years, to be the first in her class at Bir Zeit University, arduous her way towards achieving an achievement that she woven His chapters are with determination and persistence.
When Abu Fares, the ambitious young woman, continued her path towards obtaining a Ph.D., she received a scholarship to complete her studies in transportation engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America, from which she completed her first year.
Excellence that breathes life
Lama Abu Fares did not close the doors on herself, as is rumored about the stories of academic excellence. Lama Abu Fares lived her life in all its details, and at the same time did not neglect her academic and social life, according to what Lama confirmed to “Al-Quds.”
My university life was like any student; Study, friends, and various extracurricular activities such as dancing and playing, (..)”, with these words she summarized her university life, confirming that she had set a goal in mind since entering Birzeit University, which is excelling in her major and competing with herself, and despite that goal, it did not occur to her that Be first in class.
Since the beginning of her undergraduate career, Lama has been keen to live her university life in all its details, step by step, despite the fact that the journey is tiring and involves a lot of study, research and interest. Excellence does not mean only books and the information they contain, but rather knowledge and an attempt to always ask about every problem she faces. Or anything simple that hinders her understanding of any subject, whatever it is, so she explains why she excels over the troubles of studying, believing that this is the main pillar of success and excellence.
Lama Abu Fares asserts that any student must completely refuse to let any piece of information pass him by without understanding it, and that he should not be ashamed of asking, inquiring, and understanding, in order to reach awareness and awareness of all the details.
Although this process in itself is stressful and tiring in academic life in general, it is an essential component, and the secret of the flavor of excellence and excellence, and its concept is far from limiting the information, to what is found in the lines, but rather searching deep and far and diving into knowledge to comprehend between the lines, And expanding the circle of information and knowledge, and it is very necessary to understand the expanded picture of what we learn, and not to limit the student himself to a narrow circle of information.
Despite the difficulty of research, the pleasure of knowledge and the transcendence of the limits of the book and the limits of lectures, explanations and details, however, Lama Abu Fares is currently continuing his master’s journey towards the Ph. I do it and my studies push me to excel, create, ask questions and pay attention to all the details.”
When she graduated with a rate of 96%, her superiority was not only in university studies, but rather a cumulative result of her excellence in school, from which she said that she learned a lot from the elements of success, which she provides to all students at all levels of study, the most important of which was discipline and constant questioning about every stray And incoming, and going deeper into the information, and expanding the circle of knowledge, in addition to organizing the method of studying on a daily basis, and not making it cumulative, and most of all paying attention to the recreational side, and unloading energies by practicing our life activities naturally without isolating ourselves, and confining our souls to books and study only “.
For Lama Abu Fares, the important, essential, and necessary part of her life is the recreational and entertaining aspect, in which she used to devote her energies, and it is an essential and integral part of her life. She was a dancer in the folk arts band, as well as a musician in the Al Kamandjati band, and she loves sports very much. These aspects played an important and pivotal role in draining her energies, as well as in shaping her personality, and helped her focus, excel, and pay more attention to the academic aspect because of its many and varied benefits.
Friend of the arts
Since she was eleven years old, she has been a dancer in the Folk Art Troupe, a hobby that accompanied her even in high school and university, and she never stopped doing it. In recent years, she has been training children to dance in the Folk Art Center in the city of Al-Bireh on the dabkeh, an experience that helped her a lot. By adding to her knowledge and acquiring new skills, most notably organizing and managing time, in addition to being a violinist for seven years with the Al Kamandjati Center.
For Lama Abu Fares, music and dance are another world in which there is charm, discipline and focus, despite being entertaining. They are basic elements that add new characteristics to us, and make us realize the value of things, and we work to arrange our priorities between studying, playing, dancing, family and friends to gather everything we love, and we give passion to all the details, and give them all their due without distinguishing one side from the other, and the balance between all that is required of us lies The secret is excellence and success,” says Lama.
Lama confirms that her experience benefited her a lot through the exercises that she used to do in playing, focusing, and accuracy in music and rhythm, in order to achieve achievement, in order to participate in festivals. I stopped playing lessons, but I still play at home, and I try to learn by myself and develop my skills in it.”
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