(ANSAmed) - RAMALLAH, FEBRUARY 17 - A young Palestinian woman, Hanan Hroub, has been named one of the ten finalists of the Global Teacher Prize.



The prize is given by the Varkey Foundation, one of the largest international organizations dealing with education and teacher training. The finalists' names were announced on Wednesday in a Youtube video by the British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, one of the 'godfathers' of the prize. Hroub, who teaches at the Samiha Khaleel Girl's School in Ramallah, said that she was very happy with the result, calling it ''a victory for Palestine and Palestinian teachers''. The other nine finalists are from India, the US, Pakistan, the UK, Finland, Kenya and Japan. (ANSAmed).

