Somaya Bashir

Somaya Bashir was born in 1974 in Jatt

Somaya Bashir was born in 1974 in Jatt to a Muslim Arab family. She was the youngest of 8 children. Her father drove a bus and her mother worked at home, and she has called her family religious and liberal.

She earned a bachelor's degree in special education at Beit Berl in 1998. In 2000 she completed a certificate in music and movement therapy at the Levinsky College of Education. In 2009 she earned a master's degree in educational leadership and management.

From 1998 she has worked as an arts therapist for the Education Ministry, and until 2008 she also lectured at Beit Berl. From 2019 to 2021 she advised the Jatt local council on women's affairs.

After the 2022 Hadera shooting she began her activism and founded the group We Have No Other Land. She heads the Arab section of Women Wage Peace and supports national service for Arab citizens. She also spoke at protests against the 37th government.

She joined Ta'al and later sought a place with the Labor Party in 2022, but withdrew. In 2026 she placed tenth in the primaries of The Democrats. The party won 8 seats and she was not elected.