Teacher killed in Ramle hours before start of school year

"Sharifa was a dedicated teacher to her work, students and staff – full of life, creativity and initiative."

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sharifa Abu Muammar (photo credit: Courtesy)
Sharifa Abu Muammar
(photo credit: Courtesy)
A teacher in Ramle was killed by a stray bullet on Monday night, just hours before the school year began.
Sharifa Abu Muammar, 30, taught the 11th grade class at the Dror High School in Ramle.
“Sharifa has been a social coordinator at the school and a beloved and dear educator for the past seven years,” said the Dror school network in response to the murder. “Just yesterday she arrived at the school, and decorated and prepared it all day for the arrival of the students."
The school said that “Sharifa was a dedicated teacher to her work, students and staff – full of life, creativity and initiative,” She coordinated social education and social involvement at the school, initiated a mothers’ campaign for Mother’s Day, as well as joint life encounters with Jewish schools and social involvement of students in the city, among other initiatives.
Sharifa is survived by her husband Muhammad and their three young children, four-year-old Aaraf, two-and-a-half year-old Rian and six-month-old Lian.
Staff and students are receiving professional guidance from psychologists and other sources in the Education Ministry and the Dror network to help them deal with the tragedy.