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Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director

Prior to joining the Jerusalem Fund, Yousef Munayyer served as a Policy Analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the nation’s largest Arab American membership organization. His doctoral research focuses on political conflict, interstate and domestic conflict as well as the microfoundations of ethnic cleansing and political repression. He received his BA in Political Science and History from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and MA in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.

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Hani Almadhoun, Grants & Accounting Associate

Hani Almadhoun is originally from Beit Lahia in the Northern Gaza Strip, where his family now lives. After attending Al-Azhar University for a year, Hani moved to the United States in 2000 and continued his studies, eventually moving to the Washington D.C. area. After some time in D.C., Hani decided to pursue a graduate degree at Brigham Young University as a Masters of Public Administration student in the Marriott School of Business. He writes for a number of blogs on issues of Palestinian culture and Arabic music.

Samirah AlKassim, Program Manager

Formerly Director of the Film Program at the American University in Cairo, Samirah Alkassim is a filmmaker and film scholar, with published articles about experimental film/video in Egypt, and research on Egyptian and Arab media, including Ramadan serials and revolutionary graffiti. Her film credits include experimental documentary “Far From You” (1996) about Egyptian singer Umm Kulthoum and memory, and a current unfinished film about Palestinian artists in Jordan, among various other experimental films and installations. She has taught film studies and production in Singapore, Cairo, Jordan, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tamara Kamel, Program Assistant

Tamara Kamel is a graduate of the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she majored in International Affairs with a Minor in History and a Concentration in the Middle East. She spent part of her junior year abroad at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and has traveled extensively throughout the Arab world. Prior to joining the Jerusalem Fund, Tamara worked with the Institute for Palestine Studies, Amideast, and Amnesty International. She is also pursuing her Master’s degree in Middle East and Islamic Studies at George Mason University.

Dagmar Painter, Curator

Dagmar Painter transformed an ad hoc exhibit space into Washington D.C.’s only full-time art gallery featuring the work of Arab and Arab-American artists. She has lived and worked in the Arab world for over 12 years and has traveled extensively in the Islamic world for over 30 years.In Washington, she previously established and ran the art gallery of the Embassy of Tunisia. She also directed Gallery Patina, a non-profit gallery of the National Council on Aging, which was featured on NBC’s Today Show. She is presently an Advisory Review Panelist for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Grant Panel. She has written and lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad on cross-cultural and arts issues, at such venues as the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. and Meridian House International. She also taught seminars on Middle Eastern textiles at the University of Tunis and the Centre D’Etudes Maghrebines, as well as classes at the National Museums of Lagos, Nigeria and Bangkok, Thailand. Selected publications include Arts in the Islamic World, Ornament, Cairo Today, Focus on Pakistan, The Herald, India Today, Arts in Embassies, A Practical Guide to Cairo and Savior: Tunis.

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