Birth: NULL/NULL/1962 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Bethlehem in 1962; grew up in Bethlehem and attended Bethlehem Bible College; studied Protestant Theology at the Hermannsburg Mission Seminary, Germany, from 1980-84, graduating with a BA; continued his studies at Philipps University, Marburg, Germany and received an MA and a PhD in Theology in 1985 and 1988, respectively; returned and became Pastor at the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem (1988-2003); also worked as Assistant Professor at the Bethlehem Bible College from 1988-93 and as Managing Editor of the Al-Liqa’ Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land, Bethlehem, from 1992-96; founded the International Center of Bethlehem (ICB) in 1995 and serves as its Dir.-Gen. since; founded several other organizations, incl. the Dar Al-Kalima School and Academy (2002) and a Health and Wellness Center (2003); Mission Partner in Residence of the Presbyterian Church, USA, in 2003 and Guest Professor at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in the same year; received an honorary doctoral degree from Concordia University, Illinois, in 2003; received the Wittenberg Award for contribution to church and society in 2003; author of several books in English and German, incl. I am a Palestinian Christian (Augsburg Fortress, 1995). Bethlehem 2000, Past and Present (Palmyra Publishing, 1998), and Bethlehem Besieged (Augsburg Fortress, 2004); his books have been translated to several languages.
