10 Facts About Aida Touma-Suleiman

Aida Touma-Suleiman is an Israeli Arab journalist and politician.

Aida Touma-Suleiman has been a member of the Knesset for Hadash since 2015.

Aida Touma-Suleiman was born in Nazareth, Israel, into an Arab Christian family.

Aida Touma-Suleiman joined the Hadash party, later becoming editor in chief of Al-Ittihad, an Arabic language newspaper owned by the Israeli Communist Party, a faction in Hadash.

Aida Touma-Suleiman became the first female member of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel.

Aida Touma-Suleiman repeatedly campaigned on the Hadash list for a seat in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset: in 1992,1996,1999,2009.

Aida Touma-Suleiman was placed fifth on the candidates list of the Joint List, and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 13 seats.

Aida Touma-Suleiman is only the fourth Arab Israeli woman to become a member of the Knesset, following Hussniya Jabara, Hanin Zoabi, and Nadia Hilou.

Aida Touma-Suleiman has attended hearings of the committee since 1992.

Aida Touma-Suleiman has reported that the subject of honor killing was a taboo among Arabs in Israel until protests in the 1990s by the Israeli Palestinian feminist women's groups Al-Fanar and al-Badeel forced open discussion in the Arab population.