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Chapter Twelve

The Al-Huras Approach

The reference framework that grew out of the Al-Huras experience: values, principles, ethics, practices and tools.

  1. 1The general concept
  2. 2Al-Huras values
  3. 3Working principles
  4. 4Al-Huras ethics
  5. 5Work rules
  6. 6Conduct in practice
  7. 7Working practices
  8. 8Tools and techniques
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The general concept

ValuesWorking principlesEthicsWork rulesPracticesTools and techniques
The layers of the approach — click any layer to jump to it
3values
4working principles
11virtues
11work rules
22practices
109tools and techniques

The Al-Huras approach expresses a set of working principles, methods, practices and achievements related to public (national) work, drawn from approach, experience, objective evaluation and accumulated building on several levels.

Its existence also expresses multiple forms of translating the struggle identity of the Palestinian people in the diaspora. It presents itself as a scientific, popular method that protects itself from the pull of political, religious and nationalist ideologies, and from the hidden dependency that colonialism produces through its many forms and tools — so that its compass, in offering itself for the sake of national liberation, necessarily depends on renewing the ways of public work and the strategies of its course, because it is a deep-rooted, long-standing idea, not a new or passing one.

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The goal is liberation. The road is work. The way is the approach.

— The Al-Huras Approach
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Al-Huras values

1

Authenticity

An authentic (not isolated) bond with Arab-Islamic civilization — intellectually, ethically and in conduct — for the sake of national liberation.

2

Capability

Building the capacities of individuals and groups on the basis of understanding and applying the knowledge and skills needed for the process of national liberation.

3

Effectiveness

Stirring the ability to reach goals, and fighting the psychosocial effects of the defeats of modern history.

3

Working principles

CycleResearchExperimentationDevelopmentCritique and evaluation
The four principles turn in an endless loop: every critique opens new research.
4

Al-Huras ethics

Hover over any virtue, or tap it, to read its definition as set out in the code of ethics.

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Work rules

1Self-drive
2Constant steadfastness
3Respecting privacy
4Mutual protection
5Brotherly bond
6Ethical compliance
7Criticism and self-criticism
8Quick response
9Participation
10Due care
11Collective reference
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Conduct in practice

The Haris’s counsels25 numbered counsels from the rules of the approach
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The only constant is change
From the practice of “Wisdom”
3
Don’t believe everything you hear, and don’t listen to everything that is said
From the practice of “Reasonableness”
4
Knowledge as needed, and when needed
From the practice of “Confidentiality”
5
Love is as strong as death
From the practice of “Compassion”
6
The measure of intelligence is adaptation
From the practice of “Adapting”
7
The measure of energy is rebellion
From the practice of “Rebellion”
8
Material means match moral considerations
From the practice of “Balance”
9
Survival of the strongest
From the practice of “Resistance”
10
A Haris is the strong one on the side of good
From the practice of “Shrewdness”
11
Do not fall out with a Haris
From the practice of “Compassion”
15
Hold nothing and no one sacred
From the practice of “Wisdom”
16
Comparisons are a road to failure
From the practice of “Contentment”
17
A Haris thinks outside the usual
From the practice of “Innovation”
18
A Haris is like the homeland: embracing everyone in the face of enemies
From the practice of “Adaptability”
19
Freedom is not the Haris’s friend — the Haris fights for it
From the practice of “Commitment”
20
A Haris cannot be split into parts
From the practice of “Integrity”
21
A Haris is the first to resist and the last to die
From the practice of “Initiative”
22
A Haris raises the ceiling of sacrifice to match the ceiling of achievement
From the practice of “Feasibility”
23
A Haris does not scatter good — they build it
From the practice of “Accumulation”
24
A Haris does not argue with the ignorant or enter fruitless debate
From the practice of “Magnanimity”
25
A Haris respects people’s freedoms and religious belief
From the practice of “Accepting the other”
26
Desires are the Haris’s deadly plague
From the practice of “Discipline”
27
A Haris has a wide heart and far-reaching horizons
From the practice of “Adaptability”
28
A Haris takes on the right role for each situation to reach the goals
From the practice of “Adapting”
29
A Haris is whole, not half
From the practice of “Integrity”

The Haris’s counsels on conduct: each practice and its numbered rule from the rules of the approach.

Discipline

  • 26Desires are the Haris’s deadly plague

Will

  • ✦Self-drive is a key sign of a sound core

Integrity

  • 20A Haris cannot be split into parts
  • 29A Haris is whole, not half

Rebellion

  • 7The measure of energy is rebellion

Resistance

  • 9Survival of the strongest
  • 21A Haris is the first to resist and the last to die

Accepting the other

  • 25A Haris respects people’s freedoms and religious belief

Adaptability

  • 18A Haris is like the homeland: embracing everyone in the face of enemies
  • 27A Haris has a wide heart and far-reaching horizons

Magnanimity

  • 24A Haris does not argue with the ignorant or enter fruitless debate

Contentment

  • 16Comparisons are a road to failure

Compassion

  • 5Love is as strong as death
  • 11Do not fall out with a Haris

Wisdom

  • ✦The golden rule: there is no golden rule
  • 2The only constant is change
  • 15Hold nothing and no one sacred
  • ✦Kindness, love and belonging are among the secrets of a Haris’s strength
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Working practices

The Haris’s counsels at work.

Commitment

  • 19Freedom is not the Haris’s friend — the Haris fights for it

Confidentiality

  • 4Knowledge as needed, and when needed

Teamwork

  • The rules for this practice will be added soon

Adapting

  • 6The measure of intelligence is adaptation
  • 28A Haris takes on the right role for each situation to reach the goals

Initiative

  • 21A Haris is the first to resist and the last to die

Accumulation

  • 23A Haris does not scatter good — they build it

Innovation

  • 17A Haris thinks outside the usual

Reasonableness

  • 3Don’t believe everything you hear, and don’t listen to everything that is said

Feasibility

  • 22A Haris raises the ceiling of sacrifice to match the ceiling of achievement

Balance

  • 8Material means match moral considerations

Shrewdness

  • 10A Haris is the strong one on the side of good
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Tools and techniques

What guarantees the quality of the work: how we do things — not as a procedure, but as a style.

  • Ethical priority
  • Public discourse
  • Shared space
  • Participation
  • Surrounding resources
  • Responding to change
  • Responding to context
  • Consultation
  • Keeping pace
  • Priority of higher interests
  • Relying on knowledge
  • Shared language
  • Brainstorming
  • Own resources
  • Breaking down
  • Seeking guidance
  • Flexibility
  • Agility