The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend our lunch discussion regarding the living conditions of Palestinian citizens of Israel.

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Note: COVID-19 social distancing guidelines will be followed.

Speaker

Jafar Farah, Founder and Director of The Mossawa Center, advocate and activist for civil rights, former Chair of the National Union of Arab Students, former President of the Committee for Arab Students at the University of Haifa, Founder of the Committee for Educational Guidance for Arab Students (CEGAS), worked as a journalist and TV producer, one of the founders of Hala TV

About our Speaker: 

Jafar Farah is the Founder and Director of The Mossawa Center, an advocacy group for Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Jafar is a long-time advocate and activist for civil rights for the Arab community. He was formerly chair of the National Union of Arab Students and President of the Committee for Arab Students at the University of Haifa. After holding these posts, he founded CEGAS, the Committee for Educational Guidance for Arab Students. As a community organizer and activist, he was involved in establishing several organizations such as I’lam, ACAP (Arab Center for Alternative Planning), and the follow-up committee for Arab education. Before establishing Mossawa, Jafar worked as a journalist for the local network of Ha’aretz and as a TV producer. He continues to write articles that are published regularly in the Hebrew and Arabic press. He is also one of the founders of the first Arabic-language television station in Israel: Hala TV.