Manar holds a master's degree in planning and political development and a bachelor's in financial and banking sciences from An-Najah National University. She has work experience in the private, civil and public sectors. Ms Manar worked for 5 years as Director of the Department of Governance and Administrative Development in the General Administration for Monitoring and Evaluation - Ministry of Planning. She is a recipient of the Arab Council for Social Sciences scholarship in Beirut, the Small Grants Program in its fourth session for the year 2017. She is interested in issues of spatial inequality, women's employment, colonial studies and physical space.