Birth: NULL/NULL/1944 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Dura, near Hebron, on 15 March 1944; received a BSc in Natural Sciences from the Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1968; worked as Assistant Professor of Political Science at Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1973-77; continued his studies and earned an MPhil (1976) and PhD (1979) in Political Science from George Washington University, Washington, DC; during 1978-79, was a Visiting Lecturer at Howard University, Washington, DC; was Associate Professor of Political Science at Shaw University from 1979-80; returned to Palestine and became Associate Professor in the Political Science Dept. at An-Najah National University, Nablus, from 1980-87; served as the Dept.’s Chairman from 1980-84; also was a member of the University’s Faculty Promotion Committee from 1984-87; joined the Welfare Association in Geneva in 1987, first as Director of Research and Documentation (1987-88), then as Director of Research and Evaluation (1989-92), Managing Director of CDC (the field arm institution in Palestine of the Welfare Association) and Director of Field Operations (1992-97), PMO Director of the Welfare Association Consortium managing the World Bank-funded PNGO Project (1997-2006), and Deputy Dir.-Gen. for Operations (March 2003-2006); also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Housing Council from 1994-99); was a co-founder and advisor to various institutions; member of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Housing Council since 1994, and of the Palestinian Legal Aid and Human Rights Center; Board of Trustees member of Hebron University, Al-Karmel Literary Journal, Shaml – the Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Center, and the Jerusalem Welfare and Development Society; also member of the Palestinian Council for Higher Education from 1994-97; has authored numerous essays, articles and studies, as well as The United States and the Palestinians. Between Accommodation and Liquidation (New York: 1981; Jerusalem, 1983).
