Hanan Al Hroub

She grew up in the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee campDaud Abdullah, [https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170828-education-is-a-right-being-denied-to-palestinian-children-and-israel-is-the-culprit/ Education is a right being denied to Palestinian children, and Israel is the culprit] Middle East Monitor 28 August 2017 near Bethlehem,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35798117|title=Ex-refugee wins $1m global teacher prize|work=BBC News|date=14 March 2016|accessdate=14 March 2016}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Navdar |first1=Parinaaz |title=Cover interview: Hanan Al Hroub |url=http://www.educationjournalme.com/features/cover-interview%3A-hanan-al-hroub_111134 |website=me.com Education Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213918/http://www.educationjournalme.com/features/cover-interview%3A-hanan-al-hroub_111134 |archive-date=27 February 2018 |language=en |date=20 April 2016 |url-status=dead}} 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. She teaches Palestinian children in refugee camps,Asia Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RodIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 Teaching for Global Competence in a Rapidly Changing World,] OECD Publishing, 2018 {{isbn|978-9-264-28902-4}} p.25

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.{{cite web|url=http://hksjmepp.com/enrichment-not-learning-world-teacher-of-the-year|title='Enrichment, not learning': World Teacher of the Year|work=Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy|date=24 September 2016|access-date=31 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101163636/http://hksjmepp.com/enrichment-not-learning-world-teacher-of-the-year/|url-status=usurped}}

In March 2016, Al Hroub was the second winner of the $1{{nbsp}}million Global Teacher Prize.{{cite news|title=Hanan al-Hroub, Palestinian Refugee and 'World's Best Teacher'|url=https://chronicle.fanack.com/palestine/faces/hanan-al-hroub/|work=Fanack Chronicle|date=23 June 2016|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211131332/https://chronicle.fanack.com/palestine/faces/hanan-al-hroub/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.globalteacherprize.org/top-10-finalist/hanan-al-hroub|title=Hanan Al Hroub - The Global Teacher Prize|work=The Global Teacher Prize|accessdate=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314162031/http://www.globalteacherprize.org/top-10-finalist/hanan-al-hroub|archive-date=14 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/2016/03/13/esteri/papa-francesco-premia-hanan-alhroub-la-maestra-che-insegna-la-non-violenza-N6P6IpDzwcy4s1dN3X7LbM/pagina.html|title=Papa Francesco premia Hanan al-Hroub, la maestra che insegna la non violenza|date=13 March 2016|work=LaStampa.it|accessdate=14 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://shoutscoop.com/palestinian-teacher-wins-1-million-global-teacher-prize/|title=Hanan Al Hroub - Palestinian teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize|work=The Global Teacher Prize|accessdate=14 March 2016|archive-date=27 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727014332/http://shoutscoop.com/palestinian-teacher-wins-1-million-global-teacher-prize/|url-status=dead}} The Varkey Foundation's Global Education and Skills Forum presents the annual award,{{cite web |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395292833183.html |title=Mohammed bin Rashid presents Palestinian teacher Hanan Al Hroub with US$1 million Global Teacher Prize | WAM |publisher=Wam.ae |date= |accessdate=2016-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314111751/https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395292833183.html |archive-date=2016-03-14 |url-status=dead }} and Al Hroub's award was commemorated in a video message from Pope Francis. The winner in 2015 was American teacher Nancie Atwell.{{citation needed|date= August 2023}}

She has 5 children.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/18/palestinian-global-teacher-victor-my-students-are-the-true-prize-winners|title=Palestinian Global Teacher victor: 'My students are the true prize winners'|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|date=2016-03-18|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-04-29}}

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.Ben Ehrenreich, [https://books.google.com/books?id=fqY9DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT254 The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine,] Granta Books2016 {{isbn|978-1-783-78312-0}} p.156.Jerold S. Auerbach, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ooUqc8snyZUC&pg=PA110 Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel,] Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009 {{isbn|978-0-742-56617-0}} pp.109-110. Omar al-Hroub was convicted by an Israeli court of being the chemist who provided chemicals needed for making the grenades.{{cite news|last=Ahren |first=Raphael |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/husband-of-palestinian-teacher-who-won-nonviolence-prize-served-time-for-terror/ |title=Husband of Palestinian who won 'world's best teacher' served time for terror |newspaper=The Times of Israel |date=2016-03-31 |accessdate=2016-04-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2016/03/31/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/husband-of-palestinian-teacher-who-won-nonviolence-prize-participated-in-terror-attack |title=Husband of Palestinian teacher who won nonviolence prize participated in terror attack | Jewish Telegraphic Agency |website=Jta.org |date=2016-03-31 |accessdate=2016-04-09}} 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."Associated Press, [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/despite-husband-s-terror-links-palestinian-teacher-to-keep-u-k-prize-1.5425488 'Despite Husband's Terrorist Links, Palestinian Teacher to Keep U.K. Non-violence Prize,'] Haaretz 31 March 2016

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