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Merav Stein-Horovitz
Project Manager
Merav has an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from Hebrew University and is a Ministry of Tourism accredited tour guide. She is a Project Manager at the Urban Clinic, working towards establishing effective connections between academic knowledge produced by the Clinic and the work being advanced professionals and activists in Jerusalem and beyond.
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Her expertise lies in intercultural community work to prevent tensions and violence in complex places. She has years of experience in community work in Jerusalem's Old City.
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Ahlam Switat
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Atty. Ahlam Switat from Isfiya is married to Raslan and is a mother to Lour and Aram. They currently live in Baqa al-Gharbiyye.
Ahlam holds a bachelor's degree in Law and a master's degree in Administration and Public Policy from The University of Haifa. She is also a graduate of the Ministry of Interior’s ‘Cadets for Local Government’ program for excelling students.
Today she works at the Yad HaNadiv Foundation as the Arab society & Environment Coordinator. Previously, she spent six years working as the Economic Development and Planning Coordinator at the Gatt Regional Council. Through this position, she was the regional economic development, planning, and organizational coordinator for Plan 922, which aimed to advance economic development in Arab townships. Her role included working on and promoting local plans and partnerships with neighboring local authorities.
Ahlam is currently an M.A. candidate in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning at Hebrew University and an Urban Clinic scholarship recipient. She is part of Dr. Eran Feitelson and Reuben Lester’s research team working on integrative watershed management.
Contact details: Ahlams.adv@gmail.com
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Dr. Maisa Totry Fakhoury
Research Fellow and Postdoc at the Truman Institute
Dr. Maisa Totry Fakhoury is an architect and urban planner who completed her Ph.D. at Ben Gurion University and is currently a postdoc at the Truman Institute. Her research focuses on the Palestinian urban identity.
I began my professional career as a temporary replacement for the representative of environmental organizations in the Northern District Planning and Building Committee. I also worked as a planner for environmental and civil society organizations, dealing with environmental, transport, and planning issues in Palestinian communities in Israel, where I currently sit as a committee member.
My doctoral research focused on spatial codes of Palestinian settlements in Israel. It examined how socioeconomic and political elements influenced the organization and functioning of private and public spaces over the years.
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I am a research fellow at the Urban Clinic and teach a course on spatial aspects of Palestinian society in Israel.
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