Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya

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Mar 8, 2022, 1:59 PM

A call from Arab women to Arab men: Let’s join forces

A Bedouin student sits at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva. May 24 2005 (Kitra Cahana /Flash90)

Attaining equality requires getting more Arab women into leadership posts, but also partnering with men to advance shared interests, especially in higher education

May 20, 2021, 3:20 PM

Israel’s mixed Jewish-Arab cities are on fire. Here’s how to put out the flames

Medics evacuate an injured man during clashes between Arab and Jews in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021. (Roni Ofer/ Flash90)

The government can start by allocating funding to boost prospect for Arab citizens of Israel and close the close glaring socioeconomic gaps

Mar 17, 2021, 3:18 PM

A mother’s voice

Muhammad Abdelrazek Ades, who was killed March 9, 2021, in a shooting in Jaljulia. (Courtesy, via The Times of Israel)

Anarchy now reigns in Arab locales, and I know that my loved ones could be harmed; I therefore turn to you, my Jewish friends, to support our demand for peace and security

Mar 7, 2021, 9:32 PM

International Women's Day

How to boost employment of Arab women? Invest in educating Arab men

Arab students at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. March 7, 2017 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

As women pull ahead of men in obtaining academic degrees, men are feeling threatened and keeping them from realizing their full potential

Nov 20, 2019, 3:31 PM

Where were you when Netanyahu called us enemies of Israel?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud party rally in Tel Aviv on November 17, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg / Flash90)

When the PM smeared Arab Knesset members, those 'allies' who urged us to go and vote had a responsibility to protest. They didn't

Jan 24, 2019, 3:27 PM

Will Israel’s Arabs be a political punching bag — again?

An Arab girl stands outside her house at the Dahamshe neighborhood between Ramla and Lod, December 31, 2007. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Unprecedented state funding for the Arab community still hasn't translated to equal rights for the Arab community

Nov 3, 2017, 4:12 PM

Rabin: Warrior for equality

Yitzhak Rabin, left, chats with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres after the three received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1994 (photo credit: courtesy GPO)

I am an Arab citizen of Israel and I salute the man who sanctified people over land

Oct 29, 2015, 3:26 PM

Ignite hope, end the violence

Jewish Israelis are dangerously ignorant of how their actions impact Arabs in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza

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About Me

Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya is the director of the Arab-Jewish Relations Program at the Israel Democracy Institute.