Jump to content

Fadi Elsalameen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

فادي السلامين
Fadi Elsalameen
(Fādi El Salameen)
Born
Fadi Elsalameen

(1983-12-12)December 12, 1983
Palestine
NationalityPalestinian American
Alma materJohns Hopkins University (MA)
OccupationBusinessman

Fadi Elsalameen, sometimes written as Fadi El-Salameen, (born in Hebron on December 12, 1983, Arabic: فادي السلامين) is a non-resident fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and an adjunct senior fellow at the American Security Project, a Washington, DC, think tank, and formerly a fellow with the New America Foundation's American Strategy Program.

Political life

[edit]

Elsalameen is a critic of the current Palestinian government.[1] Elsalameen is also part of a new non-partisan Palestinian youth movement that calls for nonviolent reform in the Palestinian territories.[2][3]

Fund for Palestinian students

[edit]
Elsalameen meeting Palestinian Youth in the diaspora

Elsalameen, through the Fadi Elsalameen fund for students in need (Arabic: صندوق فادي السلامين للطالب المحتاج), funds around 30 Palestinian students annually to go to Hebron University (Arabic: جامعة الخليل) and Al-Quds University (Arabic: جامعة القدس) where they focus on fields of studies such as economics, engineering, and medicine.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Baker, Peter (November 2, 2016). "In Muhammad Dahlan's Ascent, a Proxy Battle for Legitimacy". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Here comes your non-violent resistance". The Economist. May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Klein, Joe (May 31, 2011). "A New Palestinian Movement: Young, Networked, Nonviolent". Time. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Mozgovaya, Natasha (May 9, 2011). "Coming Home to Hebron, Looking Forward to Palestine". Haaretz. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
[edit]