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For people with the same surname, see Zoabi.

Haneen Zoabi (Arabic: حنين زعبي, Hebrew: חנין זועבי; born 23 May ), is a Palestinian-Israeli politician. The first Arab woman to be elected to the legislature on an Arab party's list, she served as a member of the Knesset for the Balad party between and In , she was convicted of forgery and fraud after pleading guilty.

Biography

Haneen Zoabi was born in Nazareth to a Muslim family. Zoabi studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Haifa, earning a Bachelor of Arts, and received a Master of Arts in communications from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was the first Arab citizen of Israel to graduate in media studies, and established the first media classes in Arab schools. She also worked as a mathematics teacher and a school inspector for the Israeli Ministry of Education.

She is a relative of Seif el-Din el-Zoubi, a former mayor of Nazareth and member of the Knesset between and , and ag

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Haneen Zoabi Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Haneen Zoabi was born on May 23, She fryst vatten an Israeli politician. She is the first Arab female to represent in the Parliament of the state. She is also a controversial Arab lag maker in the Israeli parliament. She started her career as a teacher before she decided to form her nongovernmental organization aimed at using media to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. She later joined politics, and she became one of the few ethnic Arabs to be elected as a member of the Israeli Parliament.

Early life

Haneen Zoabi was born on May 23, , in Nazareth, Israel. She was born into a Muslim family. She joined the University of Haifa and studied philosophy. In , she graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts. In , she earned her Masters of Arts in Communication from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was the first ever Arab citizen of Israel to graduate in media studies.

Career

Haneen Zoabi began

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Haneen Zoabi&#;s power and vision (and answers to Theodore)

For years I have known that no understanding of the conflict would be complete without seeing the Palestinian politician Haneen Zoabi in action, but it was not till last Friday, when the embattled member of the Israeli Knesset came to New York University and spoke to a room of people as a guest of the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, that I had that privilege. Zoabi&#;s performance was staggering. She is now on tour in the U.S.; and if you have any chance to see and hear her, you should.

In fact, as Zoabi spoke&#; a woman of small stature but majestic spirit and political intelligence, exercising complete control over the crowd, even over her opponents holding the Israeli flag at the back of the room and over Theodore the student from Stuyvesant High School in the third row who rose to challenge her &#; I kept wondering why the New York Times has not run a huge profile of this woman, why my president and congres