diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ffd1e0652787191c98d457f601b5b6cd45f432f
--- /dev/null
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+participants/fran/ignore/
+participants/ahmad.omar/ignore/
+participants/elshare.anas/ignore/
+participants/fares.ahmad/ignore/
+participants/garibeh.mohammad/ignore/
+participants/qwider.walaa/ignore/
+participants/saadeh.murad/ignore/
+