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Reut Naggar

Reut Naggar is an Israeli producer, cultural entrepreneur and social activist for LGBT and women's rights, and a member of the Tel Aviv Jaffa City Council.

born 1983Co-founding the WDG news siteProducing the show LesbihonestLGBT and women's rights activism

Born: 2 May 1983, Tel Aviv
Occupation: politician, social activist, manufacturer
Party: Meretz

Reut Naggar was born in 1983 in Tel Aviv

Naggar was born in Tel Aviv on May 2, 1983, and grew up in Ashdod. She served in the IDF from 2001 to 2004.

She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Bar Ilan University. She also studied capital markets at Psagot College and copywriting at an advertising school. She then worked at several advertising firms.

In 2014 she co-founded the lesbian bar Amazona in Tel Aviv and began producing LGBT cultural events. In 2015 she produced the TLVFest film festival. With George Avni she created WDG, an LGBT news website, and in 2016 she created the show Lesbihonest with Mika Ben Shaul.

Naggar ran for the Tel Aviv city council on the Meretz list in 2018 and placed fifth, but Meretz won 3 seats. In July 2018 she co-founded the Pink Panthers group, which led LGBT protests. In 2019 she joined the board of The Aguda, and in 2020 she became LGBT strategy director at the Tel Aviv municipality.

Reut Naggar's life in 8 milestones

1983
Born in Tel Aviv.
2001
Began her IDF service.
2014
Co-founded the lesbian bar Amazona.
2015
Produced the TLVFest film festival.
2016
Created the show Lesbihonest with Mika Ben Shaul.
2018
Ran for the Tel Aviv city council with Meretz.
2019
Elected to the board of The Aguda.
2020
Became LGBT strategy director at the Tel Aviv municipality.

Reut Naggar served in the military

Naggar served in the IDF from 2001 to 2004 as an operations and human resources officer in the Judea and Samaria Division, and later as a logistics officer at Tel HaShomer.

Meretz