Dr. Muna Shaheen is a Palestinian single mother of three living in Haifa. She has earned a DVM from the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a long-term practitioner, who co-founded “Ihna-Hon,” an open Arabic-speaking mindfulness-meditation space and later founded “Marsa” a dedicated Arabic-speaking Sangha, in which she teaches Dharma. In addition, she is an assistant teacher in an MBSR teacher-training-course. Muna regards mindfulness teaching as her primary form of social activism. She currently works in education promoting animal welfare at school and university level and is active in climate advocacy.