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YAIR NABET

YAIR NABET (Hebrew: יאיר נבת, Born: March 17, 1951) is an expert state-licensed Israeli private tourguide, with over 23 years of experience guiding private tours in Hebrew, Italian, French and English for families, government and embassy personnel, business executives, journalists, doctors and professionals, pilgrims, and anyone interested in the history, archeology, geography, cultures and customs of "Israel: The Historic Holy Land". Yair Nabet was an officer in the Israeli Army, a divemaster, and presently runs his own private tour business.

Early Life
Born in 1951 on Kibbutz Regavim, Israel, to pioneer parents Lilo and Leah Nabet (from Tunesia and Italy respectively), Yair has an older sister Tamar and younger sister Orit. Yair grew up on the kibbutz and became an officer in the Israeli army during his required military service. Yair saw active duty during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and again in the Lebanese War in 1983. Yair traveled the world between wars using his fluent language skills, and married Marina, a native of Italy in 1985, they have one son. After living in Italy for 10 years, Yair returned to his home and enrolled in the Tour Guide program at Haifa University from which he graduated in 1995. Yair learned photography on the job augmenting his private tour services.

Current
Yair Nabet is invited by the program committee of American Mensa to present "Israel: The Historic Holy Land" at the 2017 Mensa Annual Gathering in Hollywood, Florida, USA in July 2017. Yair is currently working on a book by the same name. Yair continues to provide private tours in Israel.