Manal is lecturer at the Law faculty - Bar Ilan University. She was a Post Doctorial Fellow at the Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University. She recieved her Ph.d. from the Faculty of Law, University of Tel- Aviv. Her dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Yishai Blank, is titled "In the Name of the Diversity Discourse: the Role of the Law in Designing Urban Spatial Segregation on the Basis of Nationally". She received her LL.M. (Magna cum Laude) from the Faculty of Law, University of Tel- Aviv. Title of Master’s thesis: "Public Participation in the Israeli Planning Law: Wadi Nisnas as a Test Case". In 2003, Manal received the annual Rozen Zvi scholarship for excellent LL.M student and received a prize from “Walter Lebach institute”, for promoting equality and respectability between Arabs and Jews in Israel, based on Master’s Thesis. In 2004 she received a scholarship support from “The Arab Center for Alternative Planning”. In 2005 she was awarded a prize from “Zvi Zelbeger foundation”, for the best paper on Local Authority, based on Master’s thesis. In 2012 she was awarded Scholarship support by Mr. and Mrs. Whitman Foundation. In 2015 she was awarded the Ma’of scholarship for outstanding Arab students, The Council for Higher Education. In 2016 she received a research grant on "The Legal Regulation of Acquisition Groups in Israel", funded by the Gazit- Globe Real Estate Institution