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Rahaf Zakaria is a first year college student majoring in pharmacy at Qalamoun University in Deir Atieh, Syria. Rahaf's year abroad helped her to improve her English language ability so much that she did not have to take extra English courses, usually required for incoming students. This year she is studying half her subjects in English and next year she will begin to study entirely in English.

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