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- Country of residence: Portugal
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Born in Salfit in 1960; earned a PhD in Economy from the University of Iowa in 1986; received several awards and honors for his writings and research, including: the Abdul Hamid Shoman Award for Arab Young Scholars in Social Sciences (1991); has worked as researcher at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) in Ramallah, worked as Professor of Economics at An-Najah University in Nablus; was arrested twice by the Israelis and held in administrative detention; upon his release in March 2006, he was appointed PA Minister of Finance in March 2006; was arrested (along with other PA ministers and PLC members) in an Israeli military sweep against Hamas on 29 June 2006, and was released in January 2018.
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