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Elsalameen has been involved in the political arena at a young age. Since 1998, Elsalameen has been an active participant in the international organization [http://www.seedsofpeace.org/ Seeds of Peace] participating in and lecturing at numerous leadership summits and conferences on topics related to Middle East youth, conflict resolution, and extremism. He was handpicked to take part in this organization by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. |
Elsalameen has been involved in the political arena at a young age. Since 1998, Elsalameen has been an active participant in the international organization [http://www.seedsofpeace.org/ Seeds of Peace] participating in and lecturing at numerous leadership summits and conferences on topics related to Middle East youth, conflict resolution, and extremism. He was handpicked to take part in this organization by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. |
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Elsalameen was invited by [[Bill Clinton|US President Bill Clinton]] personally to attend the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005, and helped secure a commitment for a Political risk insurance initiative to encourage investment in Gaza after the Israeli withdrawal at the time. |
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In recent months Elsalameen became a vocal critic of the current Palestinian government. Last February Elsalameen [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fadi-elsalameen/abbas-and-fayyad-to-follo_b_823283.html called for the resignation] of [[Mahmoud_Abbas|Palestinian President Mamhmoud Abbas]] and Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salam_Fayyad|Salam Fayyad]] in an article he published on the Huffington Post. |
In recent months Elsalameen became a vocal critic of the current Palestinian government. Last February Elsalameen [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fadi-elsalameen/abbas-and-fayyad-to-follo_b_823283.html called for the resignation] of [[Mahmoud_Abbas|Palestinian President Mamhmoud Abbas]] and Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salam_Fayyad|Salam Fayyad]] in an article he published on the Huffington Post. |
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Revision as of 15:51, 12 June 2011
Fadi Elsalameen (born in Hebron on December 12, 1983, Arabic: فادي السلامين ) is a Palestinian op-ed writer, blogger, commentator, and public speaker. He served as research fellow with the New America Foundation's American Strategy Program. He was also the director general of Palestine Note. Before that, he served as the director of Institutional Advancement at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) where he established the Development Department by securing the first foundation grant to the organization.
Elsalameen worked as a program adviser at the Imaginenations Group where he worked with teams of international development finance and youth experts to design investment strategies for youth in the Middle East and South America.
Political life
Elsalameen has been involved in the political arena at a young age. Since 1998, Elsalameen has been an active participant in the international organization Seeds of Peace participating in and lecturing at numerous leadership summits and conferences on topics related to Middle East youth, conflict resolution, and extremism. He was handpicked to take part in this organization by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat.
Elsalameen was invited by US President Bill Clinton personally to attend the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005, and helped secure a commitment for a Political risk insurance initiative to encourage investment in Gaza after the Israeli withdrawal at the time.
In recent months Elsalameen became a vocal critic of the current Palestinian government. Last February Elsalameen called for the resignation of Palestinian President Mamhmoud Abbas and Prime Minister [Fayyad] in an article he published on the Huffington Post.
Fadi is also part of a new non-partisan Palestinian youth movement that calls for reform in the Palestinian territories in a non violent way.
Education
Elsalameen received a full scholarship to The Gunnery private boarding school in Washington, Connecticut. Later he graduated from Earlham College with a B.S. in biochemistry and political science and then got a Masters in International Relations and Economics with a specialization in China Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Elsalameen speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, and Mandarin-Chinese.
Personal life
Fadi is the the oldest of nine children. He is married to Ashley Elsalameen and lives in Ramallah in the Palestinian territories.
References
Coming home to Hebron, looking forward to Palestine , Haaretz May 9, 2011
A New Palestinian Movement: Young, Networked, No Violent, Time March 31, 2011
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