A primary school teacher from a refugee camp in conflict-torn Palestine has won $1-million Global Teacher Prize for educating her students about non-violence, beating nine other finalists from around the world, including an Indian. Hanan Al Hroub beat India’s Robin Chaurasiya, who runs a not-for-profit school in Mumbai for girls from the city’s red light district of Kamathipura, and eight other finalists to bag the Varkey Foundation’s prize at the star-studded ceremony here on Sunday night.

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