Fadia Nasr Abu Alhaija

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Fadia Naser Abu El Hija ( Arabic : فادیا ناسر ابو الهیجا ; born in 1955 ) is an education researcher. She is a full professor of education at Tel Aviv University , and serves as the head of the school of education. [1]

Abu Elhija is the first Palestinian to receive a professorship at a university in Israel and the first Arab woman to be appointed as a member of the Council for Higher Education in Israel.[2]

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Sge graduated from University of Georgia.[3]

In February 2016, she was one of six of the council's 19 members, who resigned in protest over the fact that Minister of Education Naftali Bennett dismissed Professor Hagit Messer Yaron from her position as deputy chairman of the council.[4]

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  1. "פרופ' פאדיה נאסר אבו אלהיג'א | בית הספר לחינוך ע"ש חיים וג'ואן קונסטנטינר". education.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. www.makorrishon.co.il https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART2/090/915.html. Retrieved 2024-03-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Breaking the glass ceiling". mfecoe.shorthandstories.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  4. "פרופ' פאדיה נאסר-אבו אלהיג'א". www.tau.ac.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-03-17.