Hanan Al Hroub Explained

Hanan Al Hroub
Birth Place:Bethlehem
Citizenship:Palestinian
Occupation:Teacher
Awards:Global Teacher Prize (2016)
Website:https://twitter.com/hanan_hroub

Hanan Al Hroub is a Palestinian teacher who in 2016 was the second winner of the Global Teacher Prize, which specialises in supporting children traumatised by violence.[1]

Career

She grew up in the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp[2] near Bethlehem,[3] where she experienced and saw violent acts, and her own children were traumatized by a shooting incident in which her husband was shot in his car on an Israeli army checkpoint. She was studying English at university and wanted to become a translator.[4] She decided to work in education after her 9-year-old twins and her 6-year-old son were shot at by Israeli soldiers in October at the outset of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.[2] She teaches Palestinian children in refugee camps,[5] and her slogan is "No to Violence". She uses a specialised approach she developed herself, which uses play that is aimed at resolving violence and tension. The method is detailed in her book, We Play and Learn. She has said that when she started teaching, "the violence that kids were seeing in the streets, they were carrying into the classroom," but that after a few months, their behavior and attitude improved dramatically.[6]

Global Teacher Prize

In March 2016, Al Hroub was the second winner of the $1million Global Teacher Prize.[7] [8] [9] [10] The Varkey Foundation's Global Education and Skills Forum presents the annual award,[11] and Al Hroub's award was commemorated in a video message from Pope Francis.[9] The winner in 2015 was American teacher Nancie Atwell.

Family

She has 5 children.[12]

Her husband, Omar, served 10 years in an Israeli prison after having been convicted as an accomplice in a deadly 1980 bullet and grenade attack in Hebron in which six Israelis died while walking home to Beit Hadassah, a building into which Jewish settlers had recently moved, from Friday night Sabbath prayers.[13] [14] Omar al-Hroub was convicted by an Israeli court of being the chemist who provided chemicals needed for making the grenades.[15] [16] On his release, Omar al-Hroub endorsed the 1993 Oslo interim peace accord with Israel and the Two-State Solution, and later served as a deputy Cabinet minister with the Palestinian Authority. The Varkey Foundation commented that "the judging process examines the qualities and achievements of the candidates themselves only."[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palestinian teacher wins global prize worth $1m. the Guardian. 13 March 2016. 14 March 2016.
  2. Daud Abdullah, Education is a right being denied to Palestinian children, and Israel is the culprit Middle East Monitor 28 August 2017
  3. News: Ex-refugee wins $1m global teacher prize. BBC News. 14 March 2016. 14 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Navdar . Parinaaz . Cover interview: Hanan Al Hroub . me.com Education Journal . https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213918/http://www.educationjournalme.com/features/cover-interview%3A-hanan-al-hroub_111134 . 27 February 2018 . en . 20 April 2016 . dead.
  5. [Asia Society]
  6. Web site: 'Enrichment, not learning': World Teacher of the Year. Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy. 24 September 2016. 31 December 2016. 1 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101163636/http://hksjmepp.com/enrichment-not-learning-world-teacher-of-the-year/. dead.
  7. News: Hanan al-Hroub, Palestinian Refugee and 'World's Best Teacher'. Fanack Chronicle. 23 June 2016. 20 July 2016. 11 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211131332/https://chronicle.fanack.com/palestine/faces/hanan-al-hroub/. dead.
  8. Web site: Hanan Al Hroub - The Global Teacher Prize. The Global Teacher Prize. 14 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314162031/http://www.globalteacherprize.org/top-10-finalist/hanan-al-hroub. 14 March 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: Papa Francesco premia Hanan al-Hroub, la maestra che insegna la non violenza. 13 March 2016. LaStampa.it. 14 March 2016.
  10. Web site: Hanan Al Hroub - Palestinian teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize. The Global Teacher Prize. 14 March 2016. 27 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160727014332/http://shoutscoop.com/palestinian-teacher-wins-1-million-global-teacher-prize/. dead.
  11. Web site: Mohammed bin Rashid presents Palestinian teacher Hanan Al Hroub with US$1 million Global Teacher Prize | WAM . Wam.ae . 2016-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314111751/https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395292833183.html . 2016-03-14 . dead .
  12. News: Palestinian Global Teacher victor: 'My students are the true prize winners'. Sherwood. Harriet. 2016-03-18. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-04-29.
  13. [Ben Ehrenreich]
  14. [Jerold Auerbach|Jerold S. Auerbach]
  15. News: Ahren . Raphael . Husband of Palestinian who won 'world's best teacher' served time for terror . . 2016-03-31 . 2016-04-09.
  16. Web site: Husband of Palestinian teacher who won nonviolence prize participated in terror attack | Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Jta.org . 2016-03-31 . 2016-04-09.
  17. [Associated Press]

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