Nabila Espanioly

Nabila Espanioly (Arabic: نبيلة إسبنيولي, Hebrew: נבילה אספניולי) is a Palestinian-Israeli psychologist, social worker, feminist, and peace activist.

Espanioly became active in politics and joined Hadash around the time she applied to the University of Haifa to study social work.

In the morning a group stood on street corners and asked people not to go to work, handing flowers to those who agreed.

Espanioly later described this as "a defining moment" in her life, when Palestinians began "behaving as a national minority" rather than multiple disparate groups.

"[8] After the 2008-2009 Gaza War, Espanioly participated in protests led by the Israeli Communist Party and by pacifists, and worked with local women's cells of the Party to organize humanitarian aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

[12] Espanioly is the founder and director of the Al-Tufula Center in Nazareth,[13][14] which works to support early childhood education for Palestinian families.