Biography
Hadash, former MK
- Education
- Elementary school in Hura; High school studies in Tayibe in the Triangle; Kaye Academic College of Education in Be'er Sheva; BA in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; MA in public administration and policy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Before politics
- Worked as a teacher, and later as head of the youth section at the Shoket Regional Council and head of the education department at the Hura Local Council
- Public roles
- MK for Hadash–Ta'al in the Joint List (2022–2025); former MK for Hadash in the Joint List (2017–2018); head of the education division at the Hura Local Council; member of the High Follow-Up Committee of the Negev Arabs
- Main political focus
- Activity on behalf of the Bedouin sector in the Negev and fighting home demolitions in the unrecognized villages
- Milestones
- One of the leaders of the fight for recognition of the unrecognized villages and stopping home demolitions in the Negev; one of the founders of the nonprofit "Hagar", which established kindergartens and a bilingual school in Be'er Sheva; elected chair of the Hura Local Council workers' committee in 2008