Mahmoud Yazbak ( ar, محمود يزبك, he, מחמוד יזבק) is an

Israeli Arab The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...

academic. He is the first Arab elected as President of the Middle East & Islamic Studies Association of Israel, (MEISAI), the main scholarly association of researchers on the Middle East and Islam in Israel. Yazbak earned his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996. Yazbak is a lecturer at the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming ...

. He specializes in Palestinian social history. Yazbak is a board member of the Adalah since 2004. He is the father of

Heba Yazbak Heba Yazbak ( ar, هبة يزبك, he, הֵיבַּא יָזְבָּק, born 8 July 1985) is an Israeli Arab politician, sociologist and academic. She served as a member of the Knesset for Balad and the Joint List from 2019 to 2021. Biography ...

, member of the Knesset for Balad.

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