Nihaya Washahi

Nihaya Washahi was born in 1975

Nihaya Washahi was born in 1975. She lives in Ar'ara.

She earned a bachelor's degree in education at the University of Haifa, where she joined the Hadash student cell in 1994. She later completed a master's degree in educational management at Jadara University in Jordan. In 2022 she completed a doctorate in educational management and foundations of education at Yarmouk University.

She worked in the education system with young people, including youth at risk. She has since been an instructor in the education department at Al-Qasemi College and a lecturer at Oranim College.

In 1999 she was elected to the secretariat of the Hadash branch in Ar'ara, and later to the party's council, national secretariat and bureau. Since 2013 she has been a public representative for the party on the Ar'ara local council. She also sits on the board of the Hadash faction in the Teachers' Union.

In 2026 the Hadash national council chose her for fifth place on its list, after no women had been chosen for higher places. The other candidates for that place withdrew. She was elected to the Knesset on 4 November 2026 as part of the Joint List.