Carmen Elmakiyes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Carmen Elmakiyes
Occupation	Filmmaker
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1979(1979-02-17)
Age	45
Birthplace	Ashkelon
Country	Israel
Birth City	Southern District
Horoscope	Aquarius

Carmen Elmakiyes Biography

Carmen Elmakiyes is one of the most popular and richest Filmmaker who was born on February 17, 1979 in Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel. Elmakiyes also works to document past misdeeds against the Mizrahi community. This includes the kidnapping and sale of Mizrahi children and babies in Israel in the 1950s. Also, Elmakiyes was involved in what is now known as the “The Ringworm Affair”, where up to 200,000 children from Mizrahi backgrounds were “treated” using lethal radiation to eradicate ringworm. This led to widespread cancer and death. Both cases have sealed archives or been lost. Official resistance is there to the release of information.

Elmakiyes, an activist from Mizrahi communities, was one of the founding members of the “Not Nice” movement in 2011. This group aimed to bring Mizrahi issues onto the public agenda. The group’s goals include reducing class social and class gaps and improving public housing, dealing with Israel’s housing shortage, and eliminating poverty. Elmakiyes and the other members of the group are often visible at demonstrations, guerrilla action (such changing street names to Mizrahi ones), and other forms protest. The movement’s name is a reaffirmation of Golda Meir’s famous quote about the Black Panther Mizrahi Social Justice Movement of the 1970s. She dismissed them as “not nice”.

She is also at the forefront of the “Free Avera” movement to release and return Avera Mengistu from Hamas captivity. According to Elmakiyes and other political activists, the government and media have barely addressed the issue of Mengistu’s capture, alleging that it is because he is black, of Ethiopian heritage; this, as opposed to the similar case of Gilad Shalit, for whom the entire country – the public, the government, and the media – literally went to war.

In 2013, Elmakiyes was arrested together with social activist Sapir Slutsker- Amran at a demonstration against cutting child allowances and other austerity measures that impacted the poorer classes. The protest was mounted in front of then Minister of Finance, Yair Lapid’s house. In the course of the violent arrest, Elmakiyes was wounded. She filed a complaint against the policeman who kicked her, citing sexual harassment and battery. Shortly after her release from jail, she initiated a special session in the Knesset of the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, in which several women members of the Knesset (MKs) participated, and in which she called for feminist activists from all ends of the political spectrum to give testimony about police violence towards female protesters. Elmakiyes then led several demonstrations against police brutality.

Elmakiyes, then 17, moved to Tel Aviv to live with her older sibling. She began work in a shop close to Dizengoff Center. Elmakiyes was thrown several meters back as a result of a bomb going off while she was waiting at the ATM. It was the suicide bombing at Dizengoff Center, a suicide terrorist attack that left over 120 people dead and 14 others injured. Elmakiyes suffered minor injuries but was traumatized by the events and what she saw. It took her several years to recover and she was also released from military service. She said, “It was a difficult time, which took my far from the normal path. Although I was not severely injured, it was a horrifying sight to see children explode in front of your eyes. These are memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Only after she had completed rehabilitation was she able to continue her education. Elmakiyes also earned a degree in filmmaking. She also took several courses in the arts, including a course to become a medical clown.

Carmen Elmakiyes Net Worth

Carmen Elmakiyes is one of the richest Filmmaker from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carmen Elmakiyes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Carmen Elmakiyes Amos, in Hebrew: KHrmn Almkyysmvs; was born February 17,

1979. She is a social activist and filmmaker. She was a founder and leader of the “Not Nice”, social movement of the Tor Hazahav (Golden Age), Mizrahi political party. She ran for the Gesher party led by Orly Levi-Abekasis in April 2019 as a candidate for national elections for Knesset.

Elmakiyes was the daughter of Rina Amos and Michael Elmakiyes, and was born in Ashkelon. Her father, a Mizrahi social worker, was involved in the Wadi Salib Riots. He was also a founder and candidate for Knesset. Her mother is a seamstress. Both were born in Morocco and immigrant to Israel. Elmakiyes is one their eight biological children. They also adopted another child. Elmakiyes was raised in Ashkelon’s “Shikunim”, a poor neighborhood that was often called “Harlem”. She attended Rambam Elementary in Ashkelon, which was a local religious school. In middle school, Elmakiyes moved to Ronson, which is a regional integration program, and felt at home. It was decided that she would attend Ort Negev high school. There, she would learn to care for children. She was young enough to realize that all Mizrahi children were being sent to trade schools in order to become electricians or hairdressers, and Ashkenazi teenagers were being sent to college preparatory school. At age 16, she decided to not cooperate and dropped out. At 16, she decided not to cooperate and dropped out of school. Elmakiyes received her bachelor’s degree in film from the Kinneret Academy College.

Her work on the subject of public housing has been at the forefront of her Activism since 2012, working with some of the other leading activists for this issue, including Ricki Cohen Benlulu, Avigail Biton, and Meital Cohen. She has led and participated in protest in front of the homes of the prime minister, the housing minister, Amidar executives, and more; they have taken their issues to the print and broadcast press, and repeatedly raised the subject in Knesset committee meetings. Elmakiyes and members of the “Not Nice” group and other Mizrahi activists have been instrumental in exposing corruption in Amidar, and illegal practices.

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In 2017, Elmakiyes was profiled in the weekly Time Out column of the same name as one of the “People Who Make Tel Aviv”.

Facts & Trivia

Carmen Ranked on the list of most popular Filmmaker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Carmen Elmakiyes celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

In March 2018, Elmakiyes was recognized by Lady Globes magazine as one of the 20 leading activists in Israel.