Samah Salaime is a Palestinian feminist citizen of Israel, writer, and social activist. She is the Director of Communication and Development at Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom, where she leads programs in shared society and peace education. She also founded Na’am – Arab Women in the Center, a nonprofit advancing women’s rights in Ramla, Lod, and Jaffa and combating gender-based violence.

Samah holds a BSW and MSW in Social Work, specializing in gender studies, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is serving her second term as a trustee. A graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, she is currently based in London as a Chevening Scholar, pursuing a Master’s in Middle East and Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London.

She is a widely published op-ed writer in Hebrew, Arabic, and English, with articles regularly appearing in 972mag.