Hussniya Jabara
Hussniya Jabara | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1999–2003 | Meretz |
Personal details | |
Born | Tayibe, Israel | 11 April 1958
Hussniya Jabara (
Biography
Jabara was born to a Muslim farming family in Tayibe.[2] She studied physiotheraphy at the Wingate Institute.
She joined the Na'amat women's organisation and was chairwoman of its Tayibe branch between 1992 and 1994. Between 1995 and 1997 she served as Women's and Youth director at the Jewish-Arab Institute at Beit Berl Academic College, and became chairwoman of the Department for the Middle East at the college's International Institute.[3]
Despite opposition from her father, and entered the Knesset after the party won ten seats. During her first term she chaired the Subcommittee for the Advancement of the Status of Arab Women and was also a member of the Committee on the Status of Women.
In 2002 at the peak of the
She retained tenth place on the Meretz list for the 2003 elections,[7] but lost her seat as the party was reduced to six MKs.
Jabara is married to Fathi, a driving instructor, and has three children.[2]
References
- ^ Grapevine: Elections and other celebrations The Jerusalem Post, 4 April 2006
- ^ a b Arab woman finds a place in Israel's Parliament Indian Express, 24 May 1999
- ^ Hussniya Jabara: Public activities Knesset website
- ^ News Items Jewish Vanguard, Summer 2006, vol. 35
- ^ 1999 Meretz list Israel Democracy Institute
- ^ Behor, Diana (4 February 2002). "Arafat: The struggle to end the violence ended with an assassination". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- ^ 2003 Meretz list Israel Democracy Institute
External links
- Hussniya Jabara on the Knesset website