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- Country of residence: Syria
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Born in Amman in 1963 to a family originally from Qalqilya; completed his secondary school education in Kuwait; enrolled at Karachi University, Pakistan, graduating with an MA in Chemistry; joined the Islamic Movement at an early age and was active among the expatriate students in Pakistan; was elected as Sec.-Gen. of the Muslim Students’ Union in Pakistan; began working for Hamas since 1989; became member of the Hamas politburo and was appointed as its representative in Jordan in 1992; is opposed to the Oslo process; said in Amman in 1993 that Hamas would support a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza as a first step toward liberating all of Palestine; went into hiding when Jordan launched its unprecedented crackdown on Hamas in 1999; relocated in Damascus; in recent years, was involved in recent inter-Palestinian dialogue on a ceasefire as well as on Palestinian unity talks; is currently based in Beirut.
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