b_179_129_16777215_00_images_AFR150315aa002.jpegAhmad Hakim isn’t sure whether he’ll leave war-torn Syria as a student or refugee.

Hakim, 25, would love to enroll in graduate studies in English literature at the Free University of Berlin in Germany, but obstacles to Syrians seeking higher education abroad—including tight competition for scholarships—are making that goal increasingly far-fetched.

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