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Nabila becomes the first Muslim woman in Israel to drive a bus
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Wisconsin Plan, Nabila 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for October 31, 2007.

One of Israel's more primitive stereotypes is against the female driver, so it's no wonder heads turn when people see a woman behind the wheel of a bus.

And not only is Nabila one of the country's few female bus drivers, she is the first Muslim to drive a bus, which makes her a particular rarity in her profession.
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  1.   Put the pedal to the metal! 03:55  |  Dalia 01/11/07
  2.   BRAVO! DIALOGUE (Etc.) Is Needed To Address Male/Female Fears. 04:53  |  Proud Pal Defender 01/11/07
  3.   Good news ! More women (also Israeli) should be bus driver 08:47  |  Sara 01/11/07
  4.   THATS WHAT WE NEED TO SHOW THE WORLD 09:13  |  sou 01/11/07
  5.   Arab women in Israel have more rights that Arab women in 09:17  |  GrossedOut 01/11/07
  6.   NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT FEMALE DRIVER 09:23  |  indrajaya 01/11/07
  7.   In Israel there are female taxi drivers 10:43  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/11/07
  8.   Saudi women banned from driving cars 10:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/11/07
  9.   very good and sets an example for the rest of ME 11:25  |  mehmet 01/11/07
  10.   ANOTHER example of Israeli "racism".? Wait for it? 11:35  |  PETER SM 01/11/07
  11.   CORRECTION: To Bravo! Dialogue, Etc. 11:36  |  Proud Pal Defender 01/11/07
  12.   tell it to our haredis 12:08  |  Eshkol Hakofer 01/11/07
  13.   More, more more - applause!!!! 12:32  |  DannySher 01/11/07
  14.   #6 Nothing Special about YOU 12:35  |  Ari ben Yisrael 01/11/07
  15.   This must be another example of Apartheid 12:45  |  Portoraeli 01/11/07
  16.   Good job Nabila 13:05  |  Tamir Palestine 01/11/07
  17.   Margie- an editorial in the Lebanese star 13:11  |  Tess 01/11/07
  18.   #6 Would she be another suicide bomber? 13:34  |  Petra 01/11/07
  19.   At least she`s not forced to sit at the back of the bus! 13:36  |  Petra 01/11/07
  20.   More power to her 14:31  |  Rami 01/11/07
  21.   To GrossedOut 14:38  |  Israeli 01/11/07
  22.   Nabila is a driver 14:40  |  Abu Yusuf 01/11/07
  23.   To Margie in Tel Aviv 14:40  |  Qudsi 01/11/07
  24.   To mehmet 14:50  |  Israeli 01/11/07
  25.   To PETER SM 14:52  |  Local 01/11/07
  26.   To Ignorant Tamir 14:56  |  FactFinder 01/11/07
  27.   margie in telaviv 14:58  |  Abby 01/11/07
  28.   Common Rami! 15:02  |  Nasrawi 01/11/07
  29.   Crossedout 15:12  |  Abeer 01/11/07
  30.   Nasrawi, Nazareth is Christian 15:19  |  Nephtaly 01/11/07
  31.   and i thought all of the bus drivers were women ! 15:30  |  victor hardman 01/11/07
  32.   good for her 16:09  |  alan 01/11/07
  33.   Israeli # 26 16:15  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  34.   Qudsi # 25 16:18  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  35.   Abby # 29 16:23  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  36.   Mehmet - # 9 16:36  |  David Israel 01/11/07
  37.   To ChanahS 16:46  |  Israeli 01/11/07
  38.   she seems like a nice lady---hopefully she is what she seems. 16:46  |  yahn goodey 01/11/07
  39.   To ChanahS 16:48  |  Qudsi 01/11/07
  40.   Tess thanks for the article 16:50  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/11/07
  41.   One day she may carry out a suicide operation and kill innocents 16:51  |  Avraham 01/11/07
  42.   Be interesting to see what the Haredi 16:59  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/07
  43.   We have yet to see one like her in Gaza,Egypt,Turkey,Iraq,Iran 17:01  |  Genuine Tosefta 01/11/07
  44.   She is INDRARAT female partner from Jakarta on suicide bombing 17:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 01/11/07
  45.   SHAME ON MUSLIM/ARAB SOCIETIES WHICH BAN FEMALE DRIVERS 17:18  |  JACKAL 01/11/07
  46.   Qudsi you re naive 17:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/11/07
  47.   muslim female bus driver 17:43  |  ConnieM. 01/11/07
  48.   You go girl! 17:51  |  Athena 01/11/07
  49.   # 45 Tostefa, 18:17  |  Roxana from IRAN 01/11/07
  50.   Roxana Irana - Do they carry female passengers only? Lies & more 18:53  |  Genuine Tosefta 01/11/07
  51.   Bus driver/// 19:38  |  Joe 01/11/07
  52.   Fake ("Genuine") Tosefta Alert 19:49  |  Tosefta 01/11/07
  53.   good for her but... 19:58  |  Israeli guy 01/11/07
  54.   To fellow Nasrawi #30 20:09  |  Rami 01/11/07
  55.   Ghastly Impostor &Pseudo-Intellectual turned Arab Women Hater #54 20:12  |  Genuine Tosefta 01/11/07
  56.   Wow INDRARAT! 30 female drivers in a nation of 250 million? 20:17  |  Genuine Tosefta 01/11/07
  57.   Nabila 20:47  |  Ezzat Yomtob 01/11/07
  58.   GREAT STUFF!!!! 20:50  |  Brant 01/11/07
  59.   This is what Israel (and Holland) needs 21:44  |  Mark B. 01/11/07
  60.   #55 Israeli guy 21:50  |  Mark B. 01/11/07
  61.   Fact Finder Tamir Palestine 21:50  |  notblackorwhite 01/11/07
  62.   Qudsi # 41 exactly my point 21:58  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  63.   Chris being nasty for a change # 44 21:59  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  64.   Chanah #37 22:05  |  wibism 01/11/07
  65.   Mark B 22:07  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  66.   wibism # 64 22:17  |  Chanahs 01/11/07
  67.   To ChanahS 22:27  |  Mark B. 01/11/07
  68.   what is amazing is that it is such a big deal! should be so norma 22:40  |  ralph 01/11/07
  69.   Do you think they don`t Mark B? 23:00  |  feminist 01/11/07
  70.   Oy vey 23:12  |  Mark 01/11/07
  71.   whats the big deal here 23:25  |  zionist forever 01/11/07
  72.   FactFinder no nothing about facts, you are the ignorant one here 23:55  |  Tamir Palestine 01/11/07
  73.   Palestinian Femal driver 00:09  |  BibiGol 02/11/07
  74.   JACKAL.SHAME ON MUSLIM SOCIETIS THAT PROVIDE SUICIDE CAR DRIVERS 01:20  |  PETER SM 02/11/07
  75.   local .why does it happen only in"racist"Israel 01:23  |  PETER SM 02/11/07
  76.   Mark B # 67 01:25  |  ChanahS 02/11/07
  77.   Hooray for BibiGol in Teheran (end) 01:26  |  ChanahS 02/11/07
  78.   what about HAREDI women? 01:35  |  nobodysacred 02/11/07
  79.   the Muslim driver in the "only democracry in the ME" 01:37  |  nobodysacred 02/11/07
  80.   Senegal has already its Muslim Women taxi drivers 01:41  |  nobodysacred 02/11/07
  81.   more power to her, let the arabs know..... 01:50  |  reuven 02/11/07
  82.   #6 indrajaya - women bus drivers 02:16  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  83.   #42 Linthwaite 02:19  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  84.   #72 Tamir - Palestine 02:22  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  85.   #77 Nobodysacred--We Have NOT Forgotten. Don`t Worry. 03:42  |  Proud Pal Defender 02/11/07
  86.   12# 04:15  |  ABE THE JEW 02/11/07
  87.   Muslim women are sex slaves 04:18  |  ABE THE JEW 02/11/07
  88.   I AM HAREDI! 04:21  |  ABE THE JEW 02/11/07
  89.   To #25 local 05:54  |  Franco 02/11/07
  90.   # 52, TOSEFTA 06:00  |  indrajaya 02/11/07
  91.   NOBODY SACRED.Are you sure Haredi women do not drive? 06:00  |  PETER S.M. 02/11/07
  92.   NOBODY SACRED Mosl;em women ARE allowed to become suicide bombers 06:02  |  PETER S.M. 02/11/07
  93.   NOBODY SACRED.Senegal also has circumcised women 06:05  |  PETER S .M. 02/11/07
  94.   MARK B.what Holland needs is for you to fix your problems 06:08  |  PETER.SM 02/11/07
  95.   NOBODYSACRED what does aSenegal Moslem do if he suspects his wife 06:10  |  PETER S .M. 02/11/07
  96.   # 18, PETRA 06:17  |  indrajaya 02/11/07
  97.   # 50 Tostefa!!! you were raised with lies! 06:26  |  Roxana from IRAN 02/11/07
  98.   ROXANA IRANA by your own admission you were not truthful no doubt 08:28  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/11/07
  99.   So INDRARAT claims ignorance but reads all posts after all! READ 08:33  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/11/07
  100.   INDRARAT, Still only 30 women drivers out of 250 million 08:35  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/11/07
  101.   # 99, GENUINE TOSEFTA (my.a) 08:54  |  indrajaya 02/11/07
  102.   Machismo doesn`t change 30 women drivers of 250 million INDRARAT! 08:55  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/11/07
  103.   # 98Tostefa, re: your bias posts! 09:51  |  Roxana from Iran 02/11/07
  104.   PPD 09:57  |  Israeli 02/11/07
  105.   WOMEN BEEN DRIVING TAXI/BUS/PLANES FOR DECADES IN NORTH AFRICA 11:14  |  TrippleJump 02/11/07
  106.   Fun, positive! 11:25  |  Nana 02/11/07
  107.   Genuine Tosefta #50 "how can you live there?" 12:26  |  Hubal 02/11/07
  108.   Mark B #67 12:43  |  Jo Jo 02/11/07
  109.   PETER S.M./.... YOU COULD STOP SPEWING YOUR VENOM LEFT AND RIGHT 14:01  |  TrippleJump 02/11/07
  110.   Roxana from Iran (#103) 15:35  |  Jewish Iranian 02/11/07
  111.   #97 Roxana from IRAN - you must be proud 16:15  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  112.   ROXANA from IRAN- Photo for your collection 16:21  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  113.   #78 nobody sacred - where did you ever get 16:30  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07
  114.   Oy vey! 18:01  |  Rabbi Yechiel Cohen 02/11/07
  115.   Roxana is a man.... 18:25  |  ABE THE JEW 02/11/07
  116.   In response to to TriipleJump 19:25  |  Devora 02/11/07
  117.   #57 19:32  |  Devora 02/11/07
  118.   Nabila 19:41  |  Devora 02/11/07
  119.   #83 Ben Jabo 20:31  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/11/07
  120.   #83 Ben Jabo 20:32  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/11/07
  121.   Israel has shown kindness to this woman 23:49  |  Ralph Petty 02/11/07
  122.   #119 Linthwaite 01:52  |  * BEN JABO 03/11/07
  123.   Muslim Bus Driver 14:32  |  Kate Kastoff 04/11/07
  124.   My Response to the muslim writer in Aussy. 14:42  |  kate kastoff 04/11/07
  125.   Linthwaite - did u get lost THIRD REQUEST 23:37  |  * BEN JABO 04/11/07
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