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Written by kristel
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
Saturday 3rd May, 8pm
Sam Bahour about the Right of
Entry/Re-Entry Campaign
Sam Bahour, one of the coordinators for the
Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry into the oPt, will update us on the
latest developments concerning the access of foreign nationals to the oPt, as
well as the ongoing saga of tens of thousands of Palestinian foreign nationals
who have requested family unification but are still being denied the basic right
of keeping their families together.
Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American businessman and activist based in
Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is Managing Partner of Applied Information
Management (AIM), a management consulting firm specialising in business
development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and
start-ups. Sam was instrumental in the establishment of PALTEL and the PLAZA
Shopping Centre and currently serves as a Board of Trustees member at Birzeit
University and
is the University’s treasurer. He is also a Director at the Arab Islamic Bank
and Dalia Association. Sam writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has
been widely published. Sam is co-editor of HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine
and Palestinians.
Sam relocated with his family to Palestine from the
United States in 1995 to assist in the privatisation of the Palestinian
telecommunications sector. He was part of the core team that established the
Palestine Telecommunications Company (www.paltel.ps).
Note:
Sam
Bahour and Shir Hever (economic researcher in the Alternative Information
Center) will give a lecture in Ramallah on the 14th of May at 6pm at the
Ramallah Friends Meetinghouse. The title of this lecture is: The Economics of
Occupation and the Business of Development, A Critical Look at Economic,
Business and Palestinian Rights.
The Ramallah Friends Meetinghouse is on
Main Street, next to the Natche
Building.
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The
AICafe is open on Tuesday and Saturday night from 7pm. It is located in the
Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square
(follow the sign to Jadal Center) We have a small library with both novels and
political books and magazines.
Phone number; 02 2775444
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