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Azmi Bishara

Azmi Bishara
Azmi Bishara, 2013.JPG
Azmi Bishara in 2013.
Date of birth (1956-07-22) 22 July 1956 (age 60)
Place of birth Nazareth, Israel
Knessets 14, 15, 16, 17
Faction represented in Knesset
1996–2007 Balad

Azmi Bishara (Arabic: عزمي بشارة‎‎ About this sound listen , Hebrew: עַזְמִי בִשַארָהAbout this sound listen , born 22 July 1956, Nazareth) is an Arab public intellectual, political philosopher and author. Bishara, a Palestinian from the Upper Galilee, is presently the General Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

Previously, he was a member of the Israeli legislature, the Knesset. Bishara won election as a member of the Balad Party, a group which represents the interests of the Arab citizens of Israel, and of which he was a founder.


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