Qattan Foundation

Qattan Foundation

"Founded in 1994, the A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION is a UK-registered charity with offices in London, Ramallah and Gaza City. Through its work in Palestine and elsewhere, it seeks to invest in people and to provide a fertile cultural soil upon which they can build their lives in order to achieve an effective, meaningful and lasting participation in various aspects of human endeavour."


 * Ziad Khalaf, executive director

Trustees
Accessed October 2007:


 * Abdul Mohsen Al-Qattan - Chairman
 * Leila Al-Qattan
 * Najwa Al-Qattan
 * Lina Al-Qattan
 * Omar Al-Qattan

List of Beneficiaries
Donations 1993-1999
 * Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
 * Al-Manaber Magazine, Beirut, Lebanon.
 * American University- Center for the Global South, Washington, DC,USA.
 * American University of Beirut.
 * Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC, USA.
 * Arab-American Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
 * Arab American University Graduates.
 * Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo, Egypt.
 * Arab Thought Forum, Amman, Jordan.
 * Amman Baccalaureate School.
 * Bir Zeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.
 * Center for Arab Unity Studies & Arab Cultural Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon.
 * European Palestine Israel Center (EPIC), London, UK.
 * Gaza Library Project, UK.
 * Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, USA.
 * Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, Lebanon.
 * Editions Marvel, Paris, France.
 * MERIP - Middle East Research & Information Project, Washington, DC, USA.
 * Miftah - The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, Jerusalem, Palestine.
 * Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen's Rights, Ramallah, Palestine.
 * Palestinian Student Fund, Beirut, Lebanon.
 * The Palestine Yearbook of International Law, Nicosia, Cyprus.
 * Palestine Economic Pulse, Ramallah, Palestine.
 * Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford, UK.
 * Khalil Sakakini Scholarship at Birzeit University.
 * Bir zeit University
 * Scholarships to distinguished scholars in various disciplines; $ 1,185,000.

Contact
United Kingdom: 79 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7RB, United Kingdom Tel: + 44 207 581 8774 Fax: + 44 207 823 2973 Email: julia AT uk.qattanfoundation.org

Palestine: PO Box 2276 Ramallah - Palestine Tel: + 972 2 296 05 44 Fax: + 972 2 298 4886 Email: info AT qattanfoundation.org Web: http://www.qattanfoundation.org