Asma Agbarieh
Asma Agbarieh-Zahalka (
Biography
Agbarieh was born to a conservative
In 2000, she founded and became the director of the East Jerusalem branch of the Workers’ Advice Center - 'Ma’an', which provides assistance to non-unionized workers and the unemployed. In 2002, she relocated to the Ma'an branch in the Triangle, where she worked on projects aimed at finding employment for laborers and the unemployed in various fields, and in youth education, as well as a project to help those affected by the Wisconsin Project.
Political career
She was a candidate for Da'am in the elections for the 2003 elections, and headed its list for the 2006, 2009 and 2013 elections. The party failed to cross the electoral threshold on all three occasions, winning no seats.
In November 2008 she ran for mayor of
Personal life
She is married to actor and contractor Musa Zahalka. The couple has an infant son, born in January 2009, to whom they gave the universalistic name Adam.
Despite her upbringing, she is now
References
- ^ Diaa Hadid, Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid, Times of Israel, 18 January 2013
- ^ Ruth Eglash, Arab-Israeli woman a rising voice in the wind, USA Today, 21 January 2013
- ^ Igal Sarna, Asma and Naftali Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, originally published in Yedioth Ahronoth Weekend supplement, December 14, 2012
External links
- Asma Agbarieh on Facebook
- Arab leader of workers' party: Israel is no longer state of Jews, but of wealthy Haaretz, 3 February 2009
- An Arab Woman Running for Mayor of Tel 4/4/2008 "Tel Aviv" the weekly supplement of Ydiouot Ahronot. Published in English by Monthly Review