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Nuzhat Katzav

Nuzhat Katzav was an Israeli politician, trade unionist and writer who served as a Knesset member for the Alignment from 1974 to 1977.

1932 to 2022Alignment Knesset memberWork with Arab and Druze womenHeading the Consumer Defence Authority

Born: 1 April 1932, Baghdad
Died: 21 November 2022, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist, activist, writer
Party: Alignment
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Nuzhat Katzav was born in 1932 in Baghdad

Katzav was born in Baghdad as Sarah Darwish. Her father, a merchant, died when she was a baby, and her mother supported the family. After the Farhud riots of 1941 the family moved to Basra, where she attended a government high school for girls.

The family immigrated to Israel in April 1951 and settled in Jerusalem. She studied political science and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 1954 she hosted an Arabic radio program for women on Kol Israel and taught Hebrew and Arabic to women in Beit Safafa. That year she began work with the Working Women's Council on Arab and Druze women, and she joined Mapai in 1955. In 1970 she became director of the Consumer Defence Authority.

She was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list in 1973 and sat on the Finance Committee. She lost her seat in the 1977 elections. Later she joined the Histadrut Organisation Committee and chaired an association for Iraqi immigrants, and she wrote several books.