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Palestinian Astrophysicist Who Rose from Poverty Returns to Teach Gaza Teens to Gaze Upward

Palestinian Astrophysicist Who Rose from Poverty Returns to Teach Gaza Teens to Gaze Upward
Suleiman Baraka, the eldest of 14 children of a Palestinian butcher, rose from humble beginnings in violence-wracked Gaza to become an astrophysicist, space weather expert and researcher for NASA, the US space agency. Now, at 45, he is back home with a new mission: to teach kids to look up from their blockaded, beaten-down surroundings and into the limitless beauty of the universe.

Suleiman Baraka, the eldest of 14 children of a Palestinian butcher, rose from humble beginnings in violence-wracked Gaza to become an astrophysicist, space weather expert and researcher for NASA, the US space agency.

Now, at 45, he is back home with a new mission: to teach kids to look up from their blockaded, beaten-down surroundings and into the limitless beauty of the universe.

(READ the AP Story at Jerulsalem Post)

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