Aida Touma-Sliman

Aida Touma-Sliman was born in 1964 in Nazareth

Touma-Sliman was born in Nazareth in 1964 to an Arab Christian family. Her father was a construction worker and her mother a homemaker. She attended St. Joseph's School in Nazareth, where she began political activity with Hadash.

She earned a B.A. in psychology and Arabic literature from the University of Haifa. As a student she served as secretary of the union of Arab students in Israel.

In 1992 she founded the feminist group Women Against Violence, which works against violence toward women. She edited the Arabic daily Al-Ittihad of the Israeli Communist Party from 2011 to 2014. She was the first woman on the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel.

She ran for the Knesset several times before she was elected in 2015 on the Joint List. She chaired the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality. In November 2023 the Knesset ethics committee suspended her for two months over a post accusing the IDF.

She lives in Acre and has two daughters. Her husband Jiris Suleiman died of cancer in 2011. She is an atheist.