Studying at a university in his home country of Syria made Amer Horani very proud. But that was before the war in Syria forced him to leave his country. Horani was the first in his family to attend a university. He began studying psychology at Damascus University in 2012. He dreamed of using his education to help others. Then his friend, also a student, disappeared. “The army came for him. I never saw him again,” Horani told VOA. The disappearance of his friend was one reason the 22-year-old chose to leave Syria. He left after completing only eight months of his studies. Horani and many other Syrians were forced to abandon higher education to become refugees. “Everything is bad here,” Horani said. He now works in a small convenience store in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. More than one million refugees live in Lebanon. Some Lebanese do not want them there.
Title: Syrian Refugees Seek to Complete Their Higher Education
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1274/syrian_refugees.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Syrian Refugees Seek to Complete Their Higher Education' data-article-id='1783'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9063'>Studying at a university in his home country of Syria made Amer Horani very proud.</span> <span data-start-time='9063' data-end-time='15813'>But that was before the war in Syria forced him to leave his country.</span> <span data-start-time='15813' data-end-time='21688'>Horani was the first in his family to attend a university.</span> <span data-start-time='21688' data-end-time='28813'>He began studying psychology at Damascus University in 2012.</span> <span data-start-time='28813' data-end-time='34083'>He dreamed of using his education to help others.</span> <span data-start-time='34083' data-end-time='39500'>Then his friend, also a student, disappeared.</span> <span data-start-time='39500' data-end-time='42208'>“The army came for him.</span> <span data-start-time='42208' data-end-time='47146'>I never saw him again,” Horani told VOA.</span> <span data-start-time='47146' data-end-time='54729'>The disappearance of his friend was one reason the 22-year-old chose to leave Syria.</span> <span data-start-time='54729' data-end-time='59854'>He left after completing only eight months of his studies.</span> <span data-start-time='59854' data-end-time='68792'>Horani and many other Syrians were forced to abandon higher education to become refugees.</span> <span data-start-time='68792' data-end-time='72479'>“Everything is bad here,” Horani said.</span> <span data-start-time='72479' data-end-time='79625'>He now works in a small convenience store in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.</span> <span data-start-time='79625' data-end-time='84417'>More than one million refugees live in Lebanon.</span> <span data-start-time='84417' data-end-time='87792'>Some Lebanese do not want them there.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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