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- Country of residence: Angola
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Born in Jerusalem in 1941; became with his family refugees in Syria and Lebanon after the 1948 War; received a BA in Economics from the AUC, an MA in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts; member of the PNC; was appointed Director of the Arab League’s Information Bureau in Washington in 1975; later served as head of the Palestine Information Bureau in Washington from 1978-82; then was Deputy Director of the Palestine Observer Mission to the UN during 1982-83; lectured at several American universities; has authored a number of articles and booklets including Toward Peace in Palestine (ed.) (1974) and The Palestine Problem (1974); was appointed as Pres. of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem in 1993; died of cancer in Jerusalem on 27 Dec. 1994.
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Born in Jerusalem in 1941; became with his family refugees in Syria and Lebanon after the 1948 War; received a BA in Economics from the AUC, an MA in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts; member of the PNC; was appointed Director of the Arab League’s Information Bureau in Washington in 1975; later served as head of the Palestine Information Bureau in Washington from 1978-82; then was Deputy Director of the Palestine Observer Mission to the UN during 1982-83; lectured at several American universities; has authored a number of articles and booklets including Toward Peace in Palestine (ed.) (1974) and The Palestine Problem (1974); was appointed as Pres. of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem in 1993; died of cancer in Jerusalem on 27 Dec. 1994.
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