Women and girls enjoy equal access to education and in many cases outnumber their male peers, making Palestinian women some of the most educated women in the Middle East, according to a report from UN’s Palestine Women’s Research and Documentation Center. However, the report indicates that drop out rates for girls still surpasses that of boys.

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Palestinian girls take part in a re-enactment of the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, at their school in the West Bank city of Nablus, October 10.