Nahed Samara holds an MA in Gender and Development from Birzeit University, and a BA in Banking and Finance from Bizet University.
She held the position of financial and administrative officer at the center since 2008, and then a research employee since 2014, she contributed to coordinating the community development unit, and is interested in issues of gender, youth, development, and disability.

Currently, she coordinates various projects and activities, such as the Youth for Change project, coordinating the comprehensive self-employment project and promoting social work.

Publications:

Abdul Majeed, Ayman and Samara, Nahed (2016). The reality of female workers in the small service sector from a human rights perspective, Muftah Foundation. (In Arabic).

Sayrafi, Imad and Samara, Nahed (2016). Women in the Shadows: Women and the Informal Economy of Palestine (In Arabic).

Riahi, Iyad and Samara, Nahed (2015). Just Before the Crisis: The Policies of Flooding the West Bank with Debt, Center for Development Studies, Birzeit University.