Tamar Center Negev is a grassroots organization bridging the socio-economic gaps between Bedouins and the rest of Israeli society through education.
Tamar Center Negev builds a culture of excellence, empowerment and access in the Bedouin community.
Improved and equal access to the highest achievement in high school level STEM education
(5 units of matriculation) will enable Bedouin youth to break the cycle of poverty.
Over the last decades, Arab-Bedouin society in the Negev has undergone significant transformation.
At the heart of the change are cultural institutions and infrastructure – the family and tribal unit, which are undergoing dynamic and intensive transformation. The manifestation of this change can be found in all aspects of life and directly impact the individual and collective experience.
Over the years, various programs were promoted and resources devoted to change the reality in all of these areas. Unfortunately, the long-awaited change has yet to come, while the disparities continue to grow and deepen. As the years pass and failures grow, the sense of despair, alienation, and mistrust intensifies.
As a result of high unemployment rates, low scholastic achievements, and socio-political dynamics in Israeli society, the challenges associated with Arab-Bedouin’s ability to integrate into Israeli society is becoming more and more challenging.
Tamar Center was established by our Chairman, Ibrahim Nsasra along with other young professionals from Bedouin society. The center was founded with deep understanding of the current reality and commitment to change the status-quo. Tamar works in collaboration with government offices, local authorities, as well as relevant national and local organizations.
Tamar Center Negev builds bridges between the community and corporation, foundation and government institutions, creating partnerships that pair expertise and resources with local needs.
Tamar Center Negev is not a substitute for state institutions, but rather a framework for improving the population’s access to state apparatuses.
Social organizations
Government offices and authorities
Philanthropic foundations
The business sector
The Tamar Center staff is made up of young men and women who are deeply committed to the future of the society and country they live in. The Tamar Center staff consists of members from all walks of life in Israeli society, and together they compose a fascinating mosaic of people.
The Tamar Center staff members are pioneers in their respective fields of work. Get to know the people who make the Tamar Center the extraordinary organization it is today, people who are here to make a difference.
Head of Program Development and Employee Training
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Deputy Director of Tamar Center, Head of Program Development and Employee Training.
Resident of Qasr Al-Sir and holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Management from Ben-Gurion University. Currently, she is pursuing an M.A. in Business Management. She is a graduate of the Youth Coordinator Course for professionals working in the Arab community of the Be’er Sheva Center for Instruction Services. In the past, she coordinated the “Derech La’Atid” program through the Alnuhud NGO, an association for the academic promotion of Bedouin Women in the Negev. She also participated in the Leadership Program at Ajeek-NISPED Center. She headed the management of the Excellence in Sciences Program and was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Tamar Center in the summer of 2017.
Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy – Responsible for the structure, content and conducting evaluations of the various programs at Tamar Center and for overseeing teacher training of program staff.
Resident of Midreshset Ben-Gurion, with a Doctorate in Education from Bar-Ilan University, an M.A. in Science Instruction from the Weizmann Institute and a B.A. in Chemistry from Hebrew University.
In cooperation with numerous key partners, she founded and managed the Olamo”T project in the Institute for the Advancement of Integration at Bar-Ilan University. Through Olamo”T, she developed an educational environment designed and based on her doctoral work, including educational books, a website, teacher’s manuals, and a teacher integration and training program. Process evaluation assessments accompanied the development and implementation of the program.
She is currently a Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in the Science Education Department.
Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy – Responsible for the structure, content and conducting evaluations of the various programs at Tamar Center and for overseeing teacher training of program staff.
Resident of Midreshset Ben-Gurion, with a Doctorate in Education from Bar-Ilan University, an M.A. in Science Instruction from the Weizmann Institute and a B.A. in Chemistry from Hebrew University.
In cooperation with numerous key partners, she founded and managed the Olamo”T project in the Institute for the Advancement of Integration at Bar-Ilan University. Through Olamo”T, she developed an educational environment designed and based on her doctoral work, including educational books, a website, teacher’s manuals, and a teacher integration and training program. Process evaluation assessments accompanied the development and implementation of the program.
She is currently a Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in the Science Education Department.
Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy – Responsible for the structure, content and conducting evaluations of the various programs at Tamar Center and for overseeing teacher training of program staff.
Resident of Midreshset Ben-Gurion, with a Doctorate in Education from Bar-Ilan University, an M.A. in Science Instruction from the Weizmann Institute and a B.A. in Chemistry from Hebrew University.
In cooperation with numerous key partners, she founded and managed the Olamo”T project in the Institute for the Advancement of Integration at Bar-Ilan University. Through Olamo”T, she developed an educational environment designed and based on her doctoral work, including educational books, a website, teacher’s manuals, and a teacher integration and training program. Process evaluation assessments accompanied the development and implementation of the program.
She is currently a Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in the Science Education Department.
Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Grade Coordinator of the Excellence in
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Grade Coordinator of the Excellence in Sciences Program.
Resident of Kfar Abu Dhuba, and holds a B.A. in Life Sciences from Achva College.
She worked at Ajeek-NISPED Center in the Negev as a Student Coordinator for two years. In addition, she was employed at the Al-Najah School in Rahat as a Science teacher and at Tipat Halav Family Health Center in Abu Rabia as a Nutrition Consultant for women.
Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of Academics and Pedagogy
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Director of the ‘Talk It Out’ program
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Director of the ‘Talk It Out’ program and Grade Coordinator in the Excellence in Sciences Program.
Resident of Tel Sheva, and holds a B.A. in Social Sciences and Humanities from the Open University of Israel.
She has many years of experience with informal education programs and she spent three years working as Employment Coordinator at the Rayan Tel Sheva Center.
Resident of Be’er Sheva. Made Aliyah in 2007 read more
Resident of Be‘er Sheva. Made Aliyah from Russian to Israel in 2007 and has been living in Be’er Sheva ever since. Holds a B.A in Finance. Graduated Bookkeeping 1+2, as well as a course for calculating employees’ wages. Has vast experience in the field of finance, a field in which she has been working since the age of 18.
Resident of Abu Krinat, and previously
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Resident of Abu Krinat, and previously a Grade Coordinator for the Excellence in Sciences Program for three years. She was employed with "SedilTech" Company, as a software developer and would teach after-school math lessons at local high schools
From the village of Mashhad and has lived
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Originally from Kfar Kanna, he currently
From the village of Manda, has lived
Originally, from Baka El-Garbiya, has lived
Originally from Muqeible, she has lived
Muhammad lives in Kuseife and holds a bachelor’s
Fatma lives in Rahat and holds a bachelor’s
Amani lives in Rahat, and has a bachelor’s
Suha lives in Rahat, and has a bachelor’s
Nabiya lives in Hura, and has a bachelor’s
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Abdullah lives in Drijat, and holds a bachelor’s
Currently, Nahad livesin Tel Sheva
Currently, Nahad livesin Tel Sheva
Originally from the village of Abu Sanan
Marwa lives in Kuseife, and holds a bachelor’s
Kamel is originally from __, and graduated with
Amin lives near the town of Ar’ara BaNegev
Becker lives in Hura, and has a bachelor’s
Originally, from Araba, Galal has been
Ahmad lives in Rahat, and is currently
resident of Lakia. Founder of the Tamar Center read more
Resident of Abu Queder. B.A. read more
Resident of Kseifa. B.A. read more
Resident of Arara. B.A read more
Resident of Beer Sheva. Dental technician read more
Resident of Tel Sheva. B.A read more
Resident of Lakiya read more
Resident of Lakiya read more
Senior Physician –ENT and head and neck surgery at Soroka read more
