Galia Sabar

Galia Sabar is the president of the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Aviv Yaffo in Jaffa. She is a researcher at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. She was the president of Ruppin Academic Center between September 2016 and October 2021. Prior, she was a professor of African Studies at Tel Aviv University and the chair of African studies at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, where she also served as the coordinator of African studies at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies. Sabar has published seven books and dozens of articles in professional journals. In addition to her academic research, Sabar has been a leading social activist in Israel mainly in relation to Ethiopian immigrants as well as in partnership with various NGOs assisting African labor migrants and asylum seekers. In May 2009, in recognition of her work combining academic rigor with social activism, Sabar received the Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award, sponsored by the international organization Wisdom in Action and delivered by the 14th Dalai Lama.