Imad Moustapha
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Imad Moustapha is the current Syrian Ambassador to the United States. His position has become particularly salient since the beginning of the Israel-Lebanon conflict, and he can be seen on American television discussing the subject.
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[edit] Previous Employment
Imad Moustapha has acted as Dean of the Faculty of IT at the University of Damascus, and Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. He is a co-founder of the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA). He was an active consultant to several international and regional organizations on Science and Technology policies in the Middle East (UNDP, UNESCO, ESCWA, ALECSO).
[edit] Credits
Imad Moustapha has a long list of publications both in English and Arabic, including The Washington Post, The Los Angelos Tmes and Al-Hayat. He has appeared in numerous US, British, Syrian, Arab and international TV news programs and shows, and presented a large number of public lectures in various Arab and American universities, think-tanks, and world-affairs councils.
[edit] Education
Imad Moustapha holds a Ph.D in Computer Science. He is fluent in both English and French with a moderate command of German.
[edit] Personal
His wide range of interests include: globalization, cultural identities, social and economic impacts of the Internet, and Western classical music. He maintains an online blog, available at http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com, as well as a personal website: http://www.imadmoustapha.net.
[edit] References
All information in this article as of 26 August 2006 is from Imad Moustapha's personal blog - http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com - Accessed 19 June 2006.
