Iman Khatib-Yasin
Iman Khatib-Yasin 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.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. She also graduated from the :he:|Mandel College for Leadership. She was employed as a social worker, and ran a community centre in Yafa an-Naseriyye.
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, 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. 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.
