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 Angeles Times, Al-Hayat, LIFE Magazine, National Geographic and Newsweek. He has appeared in numerous US, British, Syrian, Arab and international TV news programs and shows such as BBC, AlJazeera, NBC, Radio France International, and WDNC. He also 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. Like certain other prominent Syrians such as Ghayth Armanazi active in the West, he has proved adept at handling the media in order to communicate a Syrian viewpoint to a wider international audience.

[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.

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