Hanan Al 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]

Hanan Al Hroub
Born
Bethlehem
CitizenshipPalestinian
OccupationTeacher
AwardsGlobal Teacher Prize (2016)
Websitehttps://twitter.com/hanan_hroub

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 $1 million 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]

References
  1. "Palestinian teacher wins global prize worth $1m". the Guardian. Retrieved 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. "Ex-refugee wins $1m global teacher prize". BBC News. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. Asia Society, Teaching for Global Competence in a Rapidly Changing World, OECD Publishing, 2018 ISBN 978-9-264-28902-4 p.25
  6. "'Enrichment, not learning': World Teacher of the Year". Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy. 24 September 2016.
  7. "Hanan al-Hroub, Palestinian Refugee and 'World's Best Teacher'". Fanack Chronicle. 23 June 2016.
  8. "Hanan Al Hroub - The Global Teacher Prize". The Global Teacher Prize. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  9. "Papa Francesco premia Hanan al-Hroub, la maestra che insegna la non violenza". LaStampa.it. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. "Hanan Al Hroub - Palestinian teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize". The Global Teacher Prize. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  11. "Mohammed bin Rashid presents Palestinian teacher Hanan Al Hroub with US$1 million Global Teacher Prize | WAM". Wam.ae. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  12. Sherwood, Harriet (2016-03-18). "Palestinian Global Teacher victor: 'My students are the true prize winners'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  13. Ben Ehrenreich, The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine, Granta Books2016 ISBN 978-1-783-78312-0 p.156.
  14. Jerold S. Auerbach, Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009 ISBN 978-0-742-56617-0 pp.109-110.
  15. Ahren, Raphael (2016-03-31). "Husband of Palestinian who won 'world's best teacher' served time for terror". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  16. "Husband of Palestinian teacher who won nonviolence prize participated in terror attack | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  17. Associated Press, 'Despite Husband's Terrorist Links, Palestinian Teacher to Keep U.K. Non-violence Prize,' Haaretz 31 March 2016
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