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Imad Ahmed Al-Barghouthi was born in the town of Beit Rima in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate on April 30, 1962. He is married and has two sons and three daughters. He completed his primary education at Bani Zaid Secondary School and his secondary education at Our Lady of the Annunciation Greek Catholic School, graduating in the scientific stream in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Jordan in Amman in 1985, a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Physics from the same university in 1988, and a PhD in Space Physics from Utah State University in the United States in 1994. He worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Jordan from 1985 to 1988, a teaching assistant at Utah State University from 1989 to 1991, a research assistant at the same university from 1991 to 1994, an assistant professor at the Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Al al-Bayt University in Jordan from 1994 to 1999, an assistant director at the same institute from 1997 to 1999, and an assistant dean of student affairs at Al al-Bayt University in Jordan from 1997 to 1998. A visitor to the Paris Observatory in France in 1998, an assistant professor at the Teachers College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, head of the physics team at the Saudi Ministry of Education between (1999-2000), an assistant professor of physics at Al-Quds University/Abu Dis since 2000, head of the physics department there between (2004-2006), a visiting professor at the Institute of Numerical Analysis at Magdeburg University in Germany, a full-time professor in the physics department at the Arab American University in Jenin between (2007-2008), and a visiting professor at the Swedish Institute for Space Physics in Kiruna, Sweden during the summers of (2010, 2011, 2012).
Al-Barghouthi has gained membership in a number of Islamic and Arab institutions specializing in astronomy, including: the Islamic Research Center since 2005, and the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space since 2003, and he was the representative of Palestine in it between (2003-2012). As for Al-Quds University / Abu Dis, he was a member of the Master of Environmental Studies program between (2001-2004), a coordinator of the Master of Physics program between (2004-2006), a member of the Faculty of Science Council between (2004-2006), the head of the Curriculum Department in the Faculty of Science between (2004-2006), a representative of the Faculty of Science in the Academic Council between (2005-2006), and the Vice President of the University Promotions Committee between (2008-2009). He is also an accredited reviewer in a number of international journals such as: the Geophysical Research Journal of the American Geophysical Union, and the Annals of Geophysics of the European Geosciences Union. He has published fifty-seven research papers, forty-two of which were published in leading scientific journals, in which he dealt with the field of theoretical space plasma physics, especially the field of modeling the flow of oxygen and hydrogen ions along open magnetic field lines (polar winds) using Monte Carlo technology since 1989. He was able to publish a model in his name (the Barghouthi model) in 2008, and use it in interpreting various space observations in different regions of space (the ionosphere, the magnetosphere, the aurora borealis). He also published fifteen research papers on various cultural issues such as: education, Islam and science.
Barghouti has won a number of local, regional and international awards, including: second place among the winners of the CEDAR Student Poster Award, the 17th NSF CEDAR Workshop in Colorado, USA in 1992, the Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity in 2008, the Al-Sabq Association Award for Creative Thinking in Ramallah in 2009, a certificate of appreciation for contributing to the Inspiration and Education of Children in Palestine program under the supervision of UNRWA and the International Astronomical Union in 2009, a certificate of appreciation for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 from the International Astronomical Union in 2010, and the Carta Academica awarded him the title of Scientist Defending Freedoms in 2021.
Barghouti was active nationally, and participated in demonstrations calling for combating corruption and bribery in the institutions of the Authority, as well as his participation in events calling for holding presidential, legislative and National Council elections.
Barghouti believes in the liberation of historical Palestine and the return of refugees to their homes from which they were displaced. He believes that the Oslo Accords are inappropriate, that national partnership in the Palestinian Authority and the PLO is nonexistent, and that resistance in all its forms is permitted by international law. He views the Palestinian situation from the perspective of his expertise as suffering from a significant decline in education at all levels, in addition to the lack of scientific research. He believes that the current Arab situation is detrimental to the Palestinian cause.
Barghouti suffered throughout his life; he was arrested by the occupation forces three times in 2014, 2016, and 2020, for a total of twenty months, most of which were under administrative detention. He was also arrested by the Palestinian security services while participating in one of the vigils rejecting the assassination of political activist Nizar Banat on August 22, 2021, and because of his various activities.
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