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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Asaad Abdel Rahman is an Arab writer , researcher , and political analyst specializing in Palestinian issues and the Arab-Israeli conflict .
Born in Jerusalem , he became involved in the “ Arab Nationalist Movement ” and worked as an assistant to Ghassan Kanafani in editing the Palestine Supplement of the “ Al-Muharrir ” newspaper. Fayez Sayegh appointed him as a principal researcher at the “ Palestinian Research Center .” One of the first members of the “ Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ” he spent a year in Israeli prisons and was later deported from Palestine .
He is also the founder and CEO of the Palestine International Foundation (for Research and Services), which is concerned with establishing a broad bridge of interaction in two directions: the first connects communities of Arab origin, and all friends of the Palestinian people with the Palestinian cause/country/state, and the second connects the latter with the communities themselves.
Academic certificates
Bachelor’s degree (1965) and Master’s degree (1967) in Public Administration - American University of Beirut .
Doctorate in Political Science, University of Calgary , Alberta, Canada (1973).
His positions
Founder/Vice President/and later Chairman of the Board of Directors of Modern Schools (Jordan) from (1992) until now.
From 1983 until now, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of the Palestinian Encyclopedia Authority , and Chairman of the Scientific Committee supervising the continued development of the Encyclopedia.
Director General of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation 1981 - 1996.
Since 2015 - 2019, member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Jordan.
He is also a member of the Palestinian National Council , a member of the Palestinian Central Council , and a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
His works
“Prisoner Papers.”
“The World Zionist Organization.”
“On the paths of the uprising.”
“The sad Palestinian.”
“The Palestinian refugee issue .”
“The Great Palestinian Intifada / 2000.
The martyr, the witness ( Naji Al-Ali ).
Israeli political thought.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (its roots, establishment, and paths).
Nasiriyah: Bureaucracy and revolution in the internal construction experience.
Nasiriyah: A bureaucratic revolution... or... a bureaucratic revolution.
The martyr Basil Al-Kubaisi .
Israeli infiltration in Asia (India and Israel).
Political development in the Nasserist and Bourguiba experiences.
American and West German aid to Israel. [5]
A regular contributor over the past 40 years, on a weekly basis, to a number of Arab newspapers. This is in addition to many specialized political/academic studies that were prepared and published in scientific journals, especially in the Journal of Palestinian Affairs.
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