Ibrahim Dakkak

Ibrahim Dakkak "is a Palestinian community leader, engineer, and developmental and political analyst who has been deeply involved in numerous Palestinian institution-building projects as well as Palestinian political initiatives.  A resident of Jerusalem, he currently chairs the Birzeit University Board of Trustees and the Palestinian Center for Micro-Projects Development, which provides valuable assistance to small businesses and to early childhood educational projects.   Dakkak is Deputy Chairman of the Faisal Husseini Foundation and serves on the board of the Jerusalem Prize committee for the Shoman Foundation.   He is a consultant to the Ministry of Education and to other Palestinian developmental projects.   He is a founder of the Arab Thought Forum, which he chaired until 1992."


 * Palestinian Advisory Committee (Chair), Palestinian American Research Center
 * Trustee, Institute for Palestine Studies (2001)