[1] Born into a family of the Druze faith in Beit Jann in 1953, Nafa joined the Communist Party Maki at age 14.

[1] Another committee founded by Nafa in 2003 seeks to facilitate contacts between Druze leaders in Israel and elsewhere in the Arab world, principally Syria and Lebanon.

[2] Although Balad won only three seats in the election, he entered the Knesset on 24 April 2007 as a replacement for party leader Azmi Bishara, who had resigned.

In the end of February 2012, Nafa was a guest of honor in a rally supporting Bashar al-Assad and his regime in Syria.

He stated that he came to support the regime and condemn the foreign coalition that was formed to prevent Assad's reform attempts.