Suleiman Baraka's journey could be measured in light years: the eldest of 14 children of a butcher, he rose from humble beginnings in violence-wracked Gaza to become an astrophysicist, space weather expert and researcher for NASA, the U.S. 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 more
Suleiman Baraka's journey could be measured in light-years: The eldest of 14 children of a butcher, he rose from humble beginnings in violence-wracked Gaza to become an astrophysicist, space-weather expert and researcher for NASA, the U.S. space agency. Read more
A Palestinian astronomer who returned to Gaza after Israel's Operation Cast Lead killed his son and demolished his home, brought with him the means to show children there is a world outside the Strip. Read more