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Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience:
From 1st of May 2008 to present: Executive Director of the coalition “Occupied Palestine Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative” (OPGAI). My responsibilities include the following:
- Responsible for planning and administrating the advocacy campaigns and plans for the coalition.
- Responsible for following up the action plans of the coalition.
- Coordinate the advocacy work of the individual organizations.
- Networking with other coalitions and networks, locally and internationally.
- Develop and implement the advocacy training programs for individual organizations, unions and CBOs.
From 1st of January 2007 till 30th of April 2008: Manager of the YMCA/YWCA Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI). My responsibilities include the following:
- Responsible on the overall administration and communications.
- Coordinate the following networks; CROs (Church-related organizations) network, OPGAI United in Struggle network, NGO forum
- Prepare and design the future plans and projects and develop the proposals
- Develop and implement the advocacy training programs for the JAI staff, volunteers and the other organizations and networks.
From 1st of October 2000 till 1st of January 2007: Coordinator of the East Jerusalem YMCA Advocacy Desk. My responsibilities include the following:
- Responsible on the publications and communications.
- Editor of The East Jerusalem YMCA magazine
- Editor of The East Jerusalem YMCA newsletter (The Voice)
- Responsible on implementing the Olive Tree Campaign and others campaigns.
From 1st of January 1998 till 1st of October 2000: Head of the Research Unit at the East Jerusalem YMCA Rehabilitation Program. My responsibilities include the following:
- Plan the research topics and formulating the work curriculum.
- Supervise the field researchers.
- Writing the final reports of the researches.
- Submitting the periodical reports to the parties concerned.
From 1st October 1994 till 31st of December 1997: Social Worker at the YMCA Rehabilitation Program..
From 1st of October 1990 till 30th of September 1994: Night Supervisor at the YMCA Rehabilitation Program.
Experience in organizing and implementing training programs in advocacy and conflict transformation:
- Prepare and conduct a two-day advocacy TOT training program for 15 trainers from Ma'an development, Palestinian Civic Forum, YMCA, and Save the children UK.
- The content of the training program was about advocacy concepts, advocacy strategies, tools, advocacy circle
- Prepare and conduct a five-day training program on advocacy and conflict transformation in UK, for participants from Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Asia, and Africa
- The content of the training was about concepts and theories of conflict strategies for intervention, meditation, negotiation, and advocacy.
- Prepare and conduct a five-day training program for US Quakers’ Middle East Partners in Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria
- The content of the training was about concepts and theories of conflict strategies for intervention, meditation, negotiation, and advocacy, supervision, problem identifying, and analysis
- Prepare and conduct a three-day advocacy training program for the network of Christian organizations in Bethlehem
- Prepare and conduct a three day training program for YMCA/YWCA/Joint Advocacy Initiative in advocacy, campaigning, lobbying, networking, coalition building, advocacy and media.
- Prepare and conduct several training programs for youth groups and CBOs, in issues of strategic planning, community mapping, conflict transformation and advocacy.
Training Courses and Workshops:
- From 19th till 29th of April 2006: Two-week course in “Humanitarian assistance and international law" Hendrik Kraemer Institute, The Netherlands
- In May 2003: Three-day training course in "Youth Work" in Dar Annadwa in Bethlehem.
- In October 2003: Three-day training course in "Peace Journalism" organized by the BBC in Dar Annadwa in Bethlehem.
- In November 2001: Training course in “Introduction to Internet and webpage design" in YMCA Beit Sahour.
- In July 1999: 16-day training course in “Evaluation programs and research methods”. YMCA and Flinders University in Australia.
- March 1997: Workshop on "Psycho-drama" organized by the Holy Family Center.
- February 1997: Three-day training course entitled: "School Counseling" organized by the Flinders University of South Australia and the East Jerusalem YMCA Rehabilitation Program.
- In December 1996: Seven-day course entitled: "Counseling and disability" organized by the Flinders University of South Australia
- In 1996: Training course in Conflict Resolution, sponsored by the Palestinian Center for Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution, Bethlehem.
- In 1995: Six month course in Psychological Counseling sponsored by Child and Family Guidance and Counseling Center, Bethlehem.
- In 1995: Two-day workshop in Vocational Counseling sponsored by the YMCA Rehabilitation Program, Beit- Sahour.
- In 1994: Two-week course in Community Organization and Mobilization, sponsored by the YMCA Rehabilitation Program, Jerusalem.
Education:
- Bachelor degree in Sociology, minor in Psychology. Bethlehem University, June 1994.
- 27 credits in M.A. Degree (Arabic Contemporary Studies), from Bir Zeit University in 2001
- Diploma in Law and Social Development –Institute of Social Studies, ISS Netherlands in 2004
- Diploma in: Working with Conflict - Responding to conflict in the UK in 2005
Interests and voluntary work:
- Member of the Secretariat of the Palestinian National Campaign for Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions from 2005 to present
- Member of the Palestinian strategy group of Palestinian NGO network from 2003 to present
- Manager of the Palestinian delegation to the World Social Forum in 2005 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Manager of the Palestinian delegation to the World Social Forum in Caracas in 2006
- Manager the Palestinian delegation to European Social Forum in Athens in 2006
- Member of ACTION global network.
- Member in the follow up committee for refugees in the southern West Bank. From 2001 till 2003
- Member in the Campaign against Torture in the Middle East and North Africa.
Research:
I have carried out the following research projects:
- Directory of disability and rehabilitation organizations in Palestine for the Ministry of Social Affairs, Palestine.
- A study on: “The reality of the social workers working at the schools of the Palestinian Ministry of Education," February 1999.
- A study on: “The reality of disability and rehabilitation in Palestine," 1999.
- A study of the opinion and directions of the beneficiaries concerning the vocational rehabilitation services at the YMCA Rehabilitation Program.
- A study on: "The organizations and the services specialized for the child and the disabled child in the West Bank"
- Several articles in local newspapers and news agencies.
Participated in the conduction of the following researches:
- A study on "Explaining Psychological Processes"
- A research on: "Success in Trauma Therapy" for Raija Leena Punamaki Ph.D, at the University of Helsinki,Finland.
- A study on "Intentionally Inflicted Disability - Implications for Rehabilitation" for Jamil Toubbeh Ph.D, US Department of Health and Human Services, NY, USA
Languages:
- Arabic: mother tongue.
- English: reading, writing, speaking
- Hebrew: reading, comprehension
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: January 2nd 1966.
Marital Status: Married with 3 children.
Place of Residence: Bethlehem. Al Doha
Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 73
Beit-Sahour ,West Bank
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