Hatib Yassein started and directed a community center.
By GIL HOFFMANHatib Yassein(photo credit: TWITTER)
Iman Hatib Yassein could become the first religiously observant Muslim woman in the Knesset after she was given what is expected to be a realistic slot by the United Arab List Party on Saturday.The United Arab List ran together with Balad in the April 9 election, while Hadash and Ta’al ran on a separate list. Efforts continue to unite the four parties ahead of the August 1 deadline for lists running in the September 17 race to be submitted to the Central Elections Committee.The candidates will be current leader Mansour Abbas, Walid Taha, former MK Said Al-Harumi and Hatib Yassein.There have been female Arab MKs who have either been secular Muslims or Christians, but never a religiously observant Muslim Arab woman.
