Born in
Kafr Qasim, Israel, Taha gained a bachelor's degree in political science from the
Open University of Israel, a bachelor's degree in history at
Tel Aviv University and a master's degree in political science at Tel Aviv University. He worked in education in
Ramla as the principal of Al Huda School. A member of the
Islamic Movement, Taha became the chair of the organisation's Kafr Qasim branch. He was elected to the city council, becoming director of education. He ran in the
United Arab List primary elections prior to the
2015 Knesset elections, attempting to gain second place on the party's list, but lost to
Abd al-Hakim Hajj Yahya by one vote. However, he was placed sixth on the
Joint List (an alliance of the four main Arab parties) for the
September 2019 Knesset elections, and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won thirteen seats. The United Arab List ran independently in the
2021 elections, with Taha re-elected as the party won four seats. In July 2020 Taha said that same-sex relationships were unnatural and that the “phenomenon of gays is almost nonexistent in Arab society." In September 2021 Taha was picked as the chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee. He was re-elected again in the
2022 elections as the second-placed candidate on the party's list. ==References==