• BORN IN SAFAD 1940
• LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRENCH, SERBIAN, AND ARABIC. 
• CIVIL ENGINEER, BELGRADE UNIVERSITY (1967).
• PRESIDENT OF WFEO, 2011-   
• GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL UNION OF PALESTINIAN ENGINEERS.
• EX- PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF ARAB ENGINEERS (1987 - 1989).
• MEMBER OF WFEO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (1980-1984). 
• VICE PRESIDENT OF WFEO (1986- 1990).
• VICE PRESIDENT OF WFEO (1996- 2000).
• VICE PRESIDENT OF WFEO (2007- 2011).
• CHAIRMAN OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION AND CREATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
• MEMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES.
• JOINED WFEO (1975) DURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN TUNIS.
• PARTICIPATED IN ALL WFEO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
• AWARDED THREE TIMES BY WFEO FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES. 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• CIVIL ENGINEER IN ALGERIA (1967 -1971).
• DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT IN THE NATIONAL COMPANY IN ALGERIA (1971- 1976).
• ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER OF HOUSING (1976- 1990).
• MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF ARAB MINISTERS REPRESENTING PALESTINE.
• PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PALESTINE IN UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.
• TECHNICAL ADVISOR TO LATE PRESIDENT ARAFAT (1990- 1996).
• DEPUTY MINISTER OF HOUSING IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (1996 -2004).
• AMBASSADOR OF PALESTINE TO GREECE (2004 2007)
• TECHNICAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT ABBAS (2007- 2010).  
• PRESIDENT OF PALESTINE MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION
• CONSULTANT IN HOUSING POLICY AND STRATEGY.
• MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN (SAMER DR UROLOGIST LIVING IN FRANCE AND RASHID ARCHITECT IN JORDAN).