Samah Wattad, a journalist, completed her BA in journalism & sociology at Oranim College of Education in 2016. She was among the 70 students who were selected for her significant contribution to society in 2022.

Samah has worked for various local and international media outlets, serving as a news editor and reporter at Nas radio station and a TV reporter for the Musawah Channel, as well as working as an investigative journalist at KAN Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation in the past. Her coverage on political and economic news, particularly women’s roles in both fields, has been notable.

Samah's passion for volunteering led her to participate in the youth newsroom covering the World Press Freedom Day conference in Ghana in 2018, as part of the UNESCO Middle East NET-MED Youth project. She is also an active board member of the Tishreen Association for activism and empowerment.

Samah was awarded the Fulbright fellowship to pursue her MA in communication management at George Washington University.