Birth: NULL/NULL/1964 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Youngstown, Ohio on 18 Oct. 1964 to a Palestinian-Lebanese family; raised in Youngstown; earned Associate and Bachelor degrees in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University (YSU), Ohio, in 1987 and 1989; earned an MBA from Tel Aviv and Northwestern Universities, Tel Aviv, Israel and Evanston, Illinois, USA (1998); was President of the YSU Chapter of the General Union of Palestinian Students (1984-1989); was National Coordinator for Palestinian American Youth (PAY); was employed as a Programmer/Analyst then Team Leader at Nashbar & Associates software firm in Ohio, for three years (1989-92); became Senior Project Manager for Terno & Associates in Boardman, Ohio, for two years (1994-1995); relocated to his father’s birthplace, Al-Bireh, Palestine, in 1995; founding employee of the first private sector telecommunications company in Palestine (later known as PALTEL) and was employed there as Assistant General Manager (1995-96) and Director of Information Systems (1995-97); founder and Managing Director of Applied Information Management (AIM) in Al-Bireh/Ramallah since 1997; was IT Manager for the Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) in Ramallah (1997-99), and founder, General Manager and later Chairman of its subsidiary, Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers PLC (1998-2004); Board member of Middle East Virtual Community (MEViC) in Jerusalem since 1998; founder of the Palestinian Diaspora Investment Company (PDIC) in Al-Bireh in 1999; Board Member of Kellog-Recanti International Executive MBA Program Advisory Committee in 1999; Trustee of Al-Bireh Public Library for two years (1997-99); Board member of the Arab Islamic Bank PLC headquartered in Al-Bireh since 2003; Board of Trustee member and Treasurer of Birzeit University since Sept. 2004; writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published; co-editor of HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians (1994).
