Sam Bahour
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| Born | October 18, 1964 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Youngstown State University |
| Occupation | Managing Partner of Applied Information Management (AIM) |
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| Children | Areen Bahour, Nadine Bahour |
| Website | http://www.aim.ps |
Sam Bahour is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He was born to a Palestinian father and Lebanese-American mother. He moved with his family to the Israeli-occupied West Bank in the 1990s following the signing of Oslo Accords to become involved in developing the economy of the future Palestinian state.[1]
Bahour was born in Ohio in 1964. He graduated from Youngstown State University in 1989 with a degree in computer technology, and subsequently worked for several American software firms, before moving to the West Bank in 1995.[2]
Since relocating to the West Bank, Bahour has been involved in numerous business development initiatives. He was part of a group of businessmen who established the Palestine Telecommunications Company. He also founded several private businesses, and was part of a plan to open a Western-style shopping center in the West Bank. In addition, he earned an MBA in a joint program between Northwestern University in Illinois and Tel Aviv University in Israel.
He has voiced support on Twitter for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement.[3]
References
- ^ Bahour, Sam (Oct 7, 2006). "We can't go home again". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ Bahour, Sam (2012-07-25). "Palestine's Investments Require Divestment". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ "Boycott institutionally, Engage individually – Divest from Israel, Invest in Palestinians in all of historic Palestine – Sanction Now!". Twitter. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
External links
- Sam Bahour's webpage & blog
- Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians
- Profile of Sam Bahour at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
- "We can't go home again", Sam Bahour, The New York Times, 7 October 2006
- "Refugees are the Key", Sam Bahour, Counterpunch, 17/18 May 2008
- Video (with mp3 available) discussion on the Middle East with Bahour and Bernard Avishai on Bloggingheads.tv
- "TEDxRamallah - Sam Bahour سام بحّور - Refugees Waiting", Sam Bahour, TEDx Ramallah, 16 April 2011
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