For Syrian refugee Amani El Masri, the best thing that could ever happen to her is a chance at pursuing higher education.

The 20-year-old from Homs fled with her family and five sisters to Lebanon in 2013 and since then her education has been a series of uphill battles.

Now, after having finally graduated from high school, she says she feels her dream is both within reach and so distant at the same time.

For El Masri it might not be clear yet if she will get to experience life at university, but for fellow refugee Rahaf Micho, 23, the dream is a reality.

Micho and her family first arrived in 2012 from Aleppo. She studied for the final Baccalaureate and sat it three times for three different entities.

Her main major is Business Management at the private Saint Joseph University, one of Lebanon's prestigious universities, while also pursuing an English degree at the state Lebanese University.

The United Nations Refugee Agency's latest figures tell that there are 79.5 million forcibly displaced people, with 26 million of them refugees as of 2019.

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