{{Short description|Israeli politician (1945–2010)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Ahmad Sa'd (00340220).jpg | caption = Sa'd in the 1990s | birth_date = 25 November 1945 | birth_place = Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|04|20|1945|11|25|df=y}} | death_place = | suboffice1 = Hadash | office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset | subterm1 = 1996–1999 }}
'''Ahmad Sa'd''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد سعد}}, {{langx|he|אחמד סעד}}; 25 November 1945 – 20 April 2010) was an Israeli Arab journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1996 and 1999. Sa'd was also a member of the Maki politburo and served as editor of the ''Al-Ittihad'' newspaper.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=אלפים ליוו את אחמד סעד בדרכו האחרונה |url=https://hadash.org.il/%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%95%d7%95-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%93-%d7%a1%d7%a2%d7%93-%d7%91%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%9b%d7%95-%d7%94%d7%90%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%94/ |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=Hadash}}</ref><ref name=ZHD>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=ח"כ לשעבר אחמד סעד נפטר בטרם עת ב-20 באפריל שנת 2010 |url=https://zoha.org.il/112113/ |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=Zo HaDerekh |language=he-IL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=אזכרה לד”ר אחמד סעד – 40 יום למותו |url=https://hadash.org.il/%d7%90%d7%96%d7%9b%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%93-%d7%a1%d7%a2%d7%93-40-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%95/ |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=Hadash}}</ref>
==Biography== Sa'd was born in Al-Birwa in 1945; his family was expelled from the village in 1948.<ref name=ZHD/> He studied economics at the University of Leningrad, earning a PhD.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=95 Ahmad Sa'd: Particulars] Knesset</ref> He worked as a director of the Emile Touma Institute for Social and Political Research in Haifa, and was a member of the secretariat of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. <ref name=":0" /><ref name="ZHD" /> He wrote nine books on economics and Israeli Arabs, as well as writing for ''Al-Ittihad''.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=95 Ahmad Sa'd: Public activities] Knesset</ref>
A member of the bureau of both Hadash and its Maki faction, Sa'd was elected to the Knesset on the Hadash–Balad list in 1996, and served on the Knesset finance committee.<ref name="ZHD" />
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{{Portal|Communism|Israel|Politics}} *{{MKlink|id=95}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sad, Ahmad}} Category:1945 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Saint Petersburg State University alumni Category:Israeli economists Category:20th-century Israeli journalists Category:Arab members of the Knesset Category:Hadash politicians Category:Maki (political party) politicians Category:Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)