Jordanian Academic and Politician with experience in education and administration. She is one of the first educated Bedouin women in Jordan. She served as a university professor at the University of Jordan and was the first Bedouin woman to be appointed as a member of the Jordanian Senate. She is also a founding member of the Jordanian Reform Party.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Language from the University of Jordan in 1974, followed by a Diploma in Education and Psychology from the University of Jordan in 1976. In 1995, she obtained a PhD in Social Arabic Linguistics from the University of Bucharest.