{"id":10182,"date":"2025-08-10T02:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?page_id=10182"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:27:21","slug":"sam-bahour-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/sam-bahour-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bahour Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mailing Address: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sam Bahour
P.O. Box 2323
Ramallah, West Bank
Palestine P6008722
via Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American writer, businessperson, and activist living and working in Ramallah\/Al-Bireh, Palestine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1827,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sam Bahour resides in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine, where he does business consulting through Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, specializing in business development with a focus on startups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bahour was instrumental in establishing two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is co-founder and emeritus member of Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE) and served as an independent director at Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He is a board member at Just Vision<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam was profiled in the bestselling book Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. The chapter about him, \"The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>\" by Michael Chabon (May 17, 2017), is also available at Literary Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets including the New York Times, the Guardian, Haaretz, Al Jazeera America, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, Counterpunch, and Arab News, among others. He has appeared on NPR, CNN, BBC, and numerous other broadcast programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam is co-editor of HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993). He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine (Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degrees:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate & Bachelor\u2019s, Computer Technology, Youngstown State University; Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA, a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and the Recanati Business School (Tel Aviv University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailing Address:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sam Bahour
P.O. Box 2323
Ramallah, West Bank
Palestine P6008722
via Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High-res Headshot Photo:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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