We have known Hala for a while now. She lives in Anata/East Jerusalem and is the younger sister of our scholarship holder Mayar, who is currently completing her bachelor's degree in materials engineering at RWTH Aachen University. Like her sister, Hala attended the Schmidt School in Jerusalem and graduated from there last year. Her original plan was to study architecture at Bezalel University in West Jerusalem. To do this, she first had to take a Hebrew course. As a Palestinian, her mother tongue is Arabic. She learnt German (C2) and English as foreign languages at the Schmidt School. During a preparatory course, she discovered that she particularly enjoys fashion and jewellery design. The designs she created during the course are impressive. We have supported her in her Hebrew course and are providing her with a study grant to finance part of her tuition fees.