Iman Khatib-Yasin

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{{Short description|Israeli politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Iman Khatib Yassin.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Arraba, Israel|Arraba]], Israel
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = Faction represented in the [[Knesset]]
| suboffice1 = [[Joint List]]
| subterm1 = 2020–2021
| suboffice2 = [[United Arab List]]
| subterm2 = 2021–
}}

'''Iman Khatib-Yasin''' ({{lang-ar|إيمان خطيب-ياسين}}, {{lang-he|אימאן חטיב-יאסין}}; born 23 October 1964) is an [[Arab citizen of Israel|Israeli Arab]] social worker and politician. A member of the [[United Arab List]] party, she was first 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.<ref name=TOI>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/joint-list-candidate-poised-to-become-the-first-hijab-wearing-mk/ Joint List candidate poised to become the first hijab-wearing MK] The Times of Israel, 3 March 2020</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Arraba, Israel|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]].<ref name=TOI/> She also graduated from the [[:he:|Mandel College for Leadership]].<ref name=M/> She was employed as a social worker, and ran a community centre in [[Yafa an-Naseriyye]].<ref name=M>[https://www.mekomit.co.il/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A2-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%A6/ הכירו את ארבע הפמיניסטיות הערביות שרצות לכנסת] Mekomit, 8 March 2019</ref>

A member of the Southern Branch of the [[Islamic Movement in Israel|Islamic Movement]] and its political wing, the [[United Arab List]], Khatib-Yasin was placed ninth on the United Arab List–[[Balad (political party)|Balad]] list for the [[April 2019 Israeli legislative election|April 2019 elections]],<ref>[https://bechirot21.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=104&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text United Arab List-Balad] CEC</ref> but the alliance won only four seats. Prior to the [[September 2019 Israeli legislative election|September 2019 elections]], the United Arab List joined the [[Joint List]] alliance, with Khatib-Yasin given the fifteenth slot on the list.<ref>[https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=141&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Joint List] CEC</ref> However, the Joint List won thirteen seats. She was given fifteenth place again for the [[2020 Israeli legislative election|March 2020 elections]] and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won fifteen seats. In the [[2021 Israeli legislative election]] she was fifth on the United Arab List, but the list won only four seats. However,she returned to the Knesset in August 2021 after the death of one of the party's MKs, [[Said al-Harumi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ra’am’s late al-Harumi set to be replaced by former MK Iman Khatib-Yasin|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/raams-late-al-harumi-set-to-be-replaced-by-former-mk-iman-khatib-yasin/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}</ref>

Khatib-Yasin lives in [[Yafa an-Naseriyye]] in the [[Lower Galilee]] and has four children.<ref name=M/>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1964 births]]
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[[Category:21st-century Israeli politicians]]
[[Category:Arab members of the Knesset]]
[[Category:Islamic Movement in Israel politicians]]
[[Category:Israeli Muslims]]
[[Category:Israeli social workers]]
[[Category:Joint List politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)]]
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[[Category:People from Arraba, Israel]]
[[Category:Tel Aviv University alumni]]
[[Category:United Arab List politicians]]
[[Category:University of Haifa alumni]]
[[Category:Women members of the Knesset]]

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