Faisal Azaiza, who has a PhD in Social Work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa. He is also the Head of the Daburiyya Local Council and Chairman of the Board of the Israel Association of Community Centers. Azaiza serves on the board of Arab Israel Bank, and is a member of the Planning and Budgeting Committee at the Council for Higher Education.