- Hussein Issa
Infobox Person
name = Hussein Ibrahim Issa
caption =
birth_date = September 1947
birth_place =
death_date = death date|2000|3|5|df=y
death_place =Deheishe Refugee Camp Hussein Ibrahim Issa (1947 – 2000) was a
Palestinian activist fornon violence and the founder of theHope Flowers School inBethlehem . Hussein devoted his life to teaching peace, democracy and coexistence.Biography
Issa, the son of a rich Palestinian farmer, was born in 1947. When Ibrahim was two years old, his father died. The family's properties were confiscated by the newly founded state of
Israel , and they were forced to relocate to theDeheishe Refugee Camp .Despite the harsh conditions in which he lived and his violent surroundings, Issa became a nonviolent activist in 1970.
Issa graduated from Bethlehem University in 1980, with a Batchelor of Arts in Social Work and a Diploma of Education.
In 1984, he founded the Al-Amal Child Care Center. The center later evolved into the
Hope Flowers School , the first and only school in Palestine to teach the philosophy of peace and democratic education.Issa died of a heart disease at the age of 52 in an Israeli hospital.
External links
* [http://www.hope-flowers.org/founder.html Hope Flowers School - Founder]
* [http://www.hope-flowers.org Hope Flowers School]
* [http://www.mideastweb.org/hopeflowers/husseinissa.htm In Memoriam Hussein Issa 1947-2000]
* [http://vickyrossi.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/interview-with-ibrahim-issa-director-hope-flowers-school-al-khader-palestine Interview with Ibrahim Issa, Director, Hope Flowers School, Al-Khader, Palestine]
* [http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/facultyforum.cgi?ID=1290 spme.net]
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