RIYADH: When Sara Shahid’s first grade pupils heard alarming sounds during the school day, as Saudi air defense interceptions took place, some immediately recognized what they thought they were hearing. “Is that real, teacher? Is that real bombing? Are those missiles?” they asked. For Shahid, a mother of two, what stood out was that some of her young pupils were already familiar with the language of conflict. “Some of them already knew these terms,” she told Arab News. “Some of them probably kne
