Dr. Akiva Leibowitz, Co-Chair and founding member of Hagar,and Safa Abu-Rabia, Faculty Member of the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev & active mother at Hagar
A significant drop in the illiteracy rate in the Arab sector followed the establishment of the State of Israel (from 49% in 1961 to 6.2% in 2007) (2006)