Iman Khatib-Yasin

Iman Khatib-Yasin (Arabic: إيمان خطيب-ياسين‎, Hebrew: אימאן חטיב-יאסין‎; born 23 October 1964) is an Israeli Arab social worker and politician. A member of the United Arab List party, she was elected to the Knesset in 2020 as a member of the Joint List, becoming the first woman from the United Arab List and the first hijab-wearing woman elected to the Knesset.[1]

Iman Khatib-Yasin
Faction represented in the Knesset
2020–Joint List
Personal details
Born (1964-10-23) 23 October 1964
Israel

Biography

Originally from Arraba, Khatib-Yasin studied for a bachelor's degree in social work at the University of Haifa and a master's degree in women's affairs at Tel Aviv University.[1] She also graduated from the Mandel College for Leadership.[2] She was employed as a social worker, and ran a community centre in Yafa an-Naseriyye.[2]

A member of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement and its political wing, the United Arab List, Khatib-Yasin was placed ninth on the United Arab List–Balad list for the April 2019 elections,[3] but the alliance won only four seats. Prior to the September 2019 elections, the United Arab List joined the Joint List alliance, with Khatib-Yasin given the fifteenth slot on the list.[4] However, the Joint List won 13 seats. She was given fifteenth place again for the March 2020 elections and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 15 seats.

Khatib-Yasin lives in Yafa an-Naseriyye and has four children.[2]

References
  1. Joint List candidate poised to become the first hijab-wearing MK The Times of Israel, 3 March 2020
  2. הכירו את ארבע הפמיניסטיות הערביות שרצות לכנסת Mekomit, 8 March 2019
  3. United Arab List-Balad CEC
  4. Joint List CEC
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