Date of birth: Feb. 9, 1957

  Place of birth:  Hebron, West Bank, Occupied Palestine

  Marital status: married

  Place of residence: Dura, Hebron District, West Bank, occupied Palestine .

  Tel. No.00970 -2-2280149

  Home tel. No.: 00970 -2-2280148

  Mobile phone: 00970 -599071-842

  Email Address: amayreh@p-ol.com

  Alternative email address: amayreh_2000@yahoo.com

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   Education:

    Primary, high school: Dura, Hebron-1964-75

  High School Diploma (Tawjihi):  Dura, 1975

  BA in journalism: University of Oklahoma ,  1981

  MA in journalism, University of Southern Illinois , 1983

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 Career:

  Public relations officer: University of Hebron , 1984

  Journalism instructor, University of Hebron 1984-1990

  Researcher, University of Hebron, 1990-1991

  Sharja TV, correspondent, 1994-2001

  Iranian News Agency (IRNA),  1995-2006

  Middle East International (London) 1995-2003

  Ahram Weekly (English) 1997-present

  Aljazeera English (aljazeera.net): 2003-2006

  Palestine Information Center : 2000-present.

  Palestine Times (daily newspaper) (has ceased publication)

  Also, hundreds of free-lance articles in Arabic , English,  French,Spanish and other language.

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 Languages:

   Arabic, English, Hebrew and  to a lesser extent Farsi.

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 Books:

  Journalism and Mass communication, Theory and Practice (Arabic, 1996)

  Refutation of Western Myths and Misconceptions about  Islam and the Palestinian question (Arabic, 1988)

  The Nazis of our Time, under print

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* A member of the Palestine   Journalists Union

* Peace activist

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Hobbies: poetry,  hiking

Other interests: philosophy, also outer space and  parapsychology.