Ahmad Sa'd Explained

Birth Date:November 25, 1945
Birth Place:Mandatory Palestine
Suboffice1:Hadash
Subterm1:1996–1999

Ahmad Sa'd (Arabic: أحمد سعد, Hebrew: אחמד סעד; 25 November 1945 – 20 April 2010) was an Israeli Arab journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1996 and 1999 and as editor of the Al-Ittihad newspaper.

Biography

Sa'd studied economics at the University of Leningrad, earning a PhD.[1] He worked as a director of the Tumas Institute for Social and Political Research in Haifa, and was a member of the secretariat of the Supreme Committee monitoring the Arab population in Israel. He has written nine books on economics and Israeli Arabs, as well as writing for Al-Ittihad.[2]

A member of the bureau of both Hadash and its Maki faction, Sa'd was elected to the Knesset on the Hadash-Balad list in 1996, and served on the Knesset finance committee.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=95 Ahmad Sa'd: Particulars
  2. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=95 Ahmad Sa'd: Public activities