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Coursera: "It is never too late to start again" - A Syrian Doctor's 25 Courses
Editor’s note: Mahmud Angrini is a Syrian Medical Doctor. He originally wrote to us to say “thank you" — Mahmud’s story was not only touching but so inspiring that we asked him to share it with the community. Thank you Mahmud, for living Coursera’s mission to create a world where people can learn without limits. Just before the beginning of the Syrian crises, I got a Master’s degree in Laboratory Medicine from Aleppo University. I started my private laboratory for medical analyses, and I was preparing a doctorate thesis in the faculty of Medicine at Aleppo University. I also won the scholarship of the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education to study a PhD in Molecular Biology in France. I was trying to make progress in a developing country, and I was doing well. However, by the beginning of the civil war in Syria, I lost everything. About one year ago, I lost my house and my lab, and my scholarship was suspended. Once a successful physician, my famil…