Learning difficulties: Gillian Turner remembers her own momentous year at Brummana High School

16 Dec 2021 | by Gillian Turner

‘I remember the Saturdays clearing litter from the beach, or planting saplings in an area reclaimed from land mines.’

'Trustees, governors, old scholars and friends of the school have all offered financial support. Somehow we must enable this unique school to continue.' | Photo: Port of Beirut, days after the explosion, by Pashid khreiss on Unsplash

I joined the Brummana High School staff at the beginning of the 2004/2005 academic year. The school was in recovery after the long Lebanese civil war, but the year ended with the assassination of ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri.

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