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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Integrated Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem wins award for overcoming adversity

A Jewish and an Arab pupil sit at a school table opposite a teacher holding a guitar
Choir rehearsal at the Max Rayne Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

A school in Jerusalem where students from Jewish and Arab backgrounds learn alongside one another has been awarded an international education prize for its success in “overcoming adversity”.

The Max Rayne Hand in Hand school, founded in 1998, is Israel’s only bilingual, fully integrated Jewish-Arab full primary to secondary school and is seen by many as a beacon of hope in an otherwise deeply divided society.

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