Institute for Palestine Studies

The Institute for Palestine Studies "is an independent, non-profit Arab research organization, which is not affiliated with any political organization or government. The Institute is devoted to a better understanding of the question of Palestine." 

Funding
"The sources of The Institute for Palestine Studies funding, in descending order of magnitude, are income from its endowment, sales of its publications, and contributions from individual donors and private corporations, both Arab and international. The endowment was set up in the 1960s and 1970s with one-time gifts from various Arab donors, including governments, corporations, and individuals.

"For receiving contributions from American donors, the Friends of The Institute for Palestine Studies (FIPS) was incorporated in Washington on 5 December 1986. FIPS is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes as defined in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code." 

Trustees
Accessed August 2007:

The deceased Trustees

 * Nabih Amin Faris - (Lebanon - deceased 1967)
 * Maurice Gemayel - (Lebanon, deceased 1970)
 * Saleh Masud Abu Yaseer - (Lybia - deceased 1973)
 * Wadad Cortas - (Lebanon - deceased 1979)
 * Fuad Sarrouf - (Lebanon - deceased 1985)
 * Sa'id Himadeh - (Lebanon - deceased 1991)
 * Edmond Rabbath - (Lebanon - deceased 1991)
 * Muhammad Mursi Ahmad - (Egypt - deceased 1994)
 * Farid Saad - (Jordan - deceased 1995)
 * Taher Radwan - (Saudi Arabia - deceased 1996)
 * Ahmad Baha-El-Din - (Egypt - deceased 1996)
 * As'ad Al-As'ad - (Lebanon - deceased 1996)
 * Pierre Edde - (Lebanon - deceased 1997)
 * Shams Ed-Din Wakil - (Egypt - deceased 1998)
 * Constantine Zurayk - (Lebanon - deceased 2000)
 * Burhan Dajani - (Jordan - deceased 2000)
 * Charles Helou - (Lebanon - deceased 2001)
 * Hala Salam Maksoud - (Lebanon - deceased 2002)
 * Zahia Kaddoura - (Lebanon - deceased 2002)
 * Mohieddine Saber - (Sudan - deceased 2003)
 * Adib Daoudy - (Syria - deceased 2004)
 * Edmond Naim - (Lebanon - deceased 2006)

The present Trustees - 2001 (Alphabetical order)

 * Abdulwahab A. Abdulwasie - (Saudi Arabia)
 * Najla Abu Izzeddin - (Lebanon)
 * Omar A. Aggad - (Palestine, Saudi Arabia)
 * Sami Alami - - Executive Committee Member (Palestine, Lebanon)
 * Basel Amin Aql - (Palestine, Jordan)
 * Issam Ashour - - Treasurer (Palestine, Lebanon)
 * Hanan Ashrawi - (Palestine)
 * Muhsin Al-Ayni - (Yemen)
 * Issam Azmeh - (Syria)
 * Lakhdar Brahimi - (Algeria)
 * Mazen Dajani - alternate Executive Committee Member (Jordan)
 * Ibrahim Dakkak - (Palestine)
 * Mahmoud Darwish - (Palestine)
 * Nadim Dimechkie - - Executive Committee Member (Lebanon)
 * Ali Fakhro - (Bahrain)
 * Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad - (Kuwait)
 * Adib Al-Jadir - (Iraq)
 * Taher Kanaan - - Executive Committee Member (Palestine, Jordan)
 * Walid Khalidi - - Secretary (Palestine, Lebanon)
 * Said T. Khoury - (Palestine, Lebanon)
 * Mohammad Al-Majzoub - Executive Committee Member (Lebanon)
 * Hala Maksoud - (Lebanon)
 * Camille Mansour - alternate Executive Committee Member (Palestine)
 * Tarek Mitri - (Lebanon)
 * Fadi Moghaizel - (Lebanon)
 * Adnan Mroueh - (Lebanon)
 * Issam Naaman - (Lebanon)
 * Hisham Nashabe - Chairman (Lebanon)
 * Abdul-Muhsin Al-Qattan - (Palestine, Kuwait)
 * Hasib Sabbagh - Honorary Chairman (Palestine, Lebanon)
 * Riad T. Al Sadik - (Palestine)
 * Abdul Aziz Hamad Al-Sagar - (Kuwait)
 * Mohammad J. Al-Sager - (Kuwait)
 * Hani Salaam - (Lebanon)
 * Leila Shahid - (Palestine)
 * Abdul Hassan Zalzalah - (Iraq).

Contact
The Institute for Palestine Studies - Lebanon Anis Nsouli Street-Verdun P.O. Box : 11-7164 Postal Code: 1107 2230 Beirut-Lebanon Tel: 00961-1-868387 Fax: 00961-1-814193 Email: ipsbrt AT palestine-studies.org Web: http://www.palestine-studies.org

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