{"id":4553,"date":"2008-10-26T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:07:52","slug":"epalestine-blogspot-com-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2008\/10\/epalestine-blogspot-com-39\/","title":{"rendered":"[ePalestine] New short film from Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp online!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#7f0000\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> THIS IS A MULTILINGUAL NEWSLETTER:&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> FOR english, deutsch, espa&#241;ol, italiano, fran&#231;ais SEE BELOW.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"> <span style=\" font-size:14pt\"> <strong>&quot;Nahr al-Bared Between Past and Present&quot;&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> One year has passed since the first Palestinians were allowed to return to the outskirts of the destroyed Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, to the so-called &quot;new camp&quot;. Meanwhile, up to 15.000 people have resettled there, many of them waiting to access their destroyed homes in the &quot;old camp&quot;, the core of what used to be Nahr al-Bared Camp. The Lebanese army still exclusively controls the old camp as well as parts of the new camp.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Nahr al-Bared Camp used to be an economic center in the north of Trablous. Although the first shops and companies have reopened in Nahr al-Bared, they struggle with difficult economic conditions such as the siege of the camp.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> This <strong>16-minute film<\/strong> was produced in a small workshop in the camp. It deals with the current developments in Nahr al-Bared, focusing on economic aspects and on reconstruction.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> The film can be watched and\/or downloaded here:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Please check the collective&#8217;s website for further videos on Nahr al-Bared:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"> <span style=\" font-size:14pt\"> <strong>&quot;Nahr al-Bared zwischen gestern und heute&quot;&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Ein Jahr ist vergangen seit die ersten Pal&#228;stinenserInnen in die Umgebung des zerst&#246;rten Fl&#252;chtlingslagers Nahr al-Bared, ins sogenannte &quot;neue Camp&quot;, zur&#252;ckkehren durften. Mittlerweile haben sich dort knapp 15.000 Menschen niedergelassen. Viele von ihnen warten darauf, endlich in ihre zerst&#246;rten H&#228;user im &quot;alten Camp&quot;, d.h. im Kern des einstigen Nahr al- Bared Camps, gelassen zu werden. Die libanesische Armee kontrolliert derweil noch immer das alte Camp und Teile des neuen Camps.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Nahr al-Bared Camp war einst ein Wirtschaftszentrum in der Akkar-Region n&#246;rdlich von Trablous. Die ersten L&#228;den und Unternehmen haben in Nahr al-Bared wiederer&#246;ffnet, k&#228;mpfen aber mit schwierigen wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen wie bspw. der Belagerung des Camps.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Dieser <strong>16-min&#252;tige Film<\/strong> wurde in einem kleinen Workshop im Camp produziert. Er behandelt die gegenw&#228;rtigen Entwicklungen in Nahr al-Bared und fokussiert auf &#246;konomische Aspekte und den Wiederaufbau.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Der Film kann hier angeschaut und heruntergeladen werden:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Weitere Videos aus Nahr al-Bared finden sich auf der Website des Kollektivs:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"> <span style=\" font-size:14pt\"> <strong>&quot;Nahr al-Bared Entre el Pasado y el Presente&quot;&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Ha pasado un a&#241;o desde que los primeros palestinos fueron autorizados para volver a las afueras del destruido campamento de refugiados de Nahr al-Bared, al llamado &quot;campamento nuevo&quot;. Hasta ahora cerca de 15.000 personas han retornado, muchas de ellas esperando poder acceder a sus casas, completamente destruidas, en el &quot;campamento viejo&quot;, el centro de lo que sol&#237;a ser el Campamento de Nahr al-Bared. El Campamento Viejo, as&#237; como gran parte del campamento nuevo siguen bajo control exclusivo del Ej&#233;rcito Liban&#233;s.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> El Campamento de Nahr al-Bared sol&#237;a ser el centro econ&#243;mico y comercial de la Regi&#243;n de Akkar, al norte de Tr&#237;poli. Si bien las primeras tiendas y peque&#241;os locales comerciales han reabierto sus puertas en Nahr al-Bared, sus habitantes siguen enfrentando enormes dificultades econ&#243;micas debido al estado de sitio impuesto en el campamento.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Este video de <strong>16 minutos fue<\/strong> producido en un peque&#241;o taller en el campamento. Aborda los actuales desarrollos en Nahr al-Bared, centr&#225;ndose en los aspectos econ&#243;micos, la reconstrucci&#243;n y el contexto pol&#237;tico.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Puede ser visto y\/o descargado aqu&#237;:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Por favor revise el sitio web del colectivo para m&#225;s videos sobre Nahr al-Bared: http:\/\/a- films.blogspot.com&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"> <span style=\" font-size:14pt\"> <strong>&quot;Nahr al-Bared Tra Passato e Presente&quot;&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &#200; passato un anno da quando &#232; stato consentito ai primi palestinesi di ritornare nei dintorni del campo distrutto di Nahr al-Bared, in quella zona chiamata &ldquo;campo nuovo&rdquo;. Nel frattempo, fino a 15.000 persone si sono trasferite l&#236;, molti di loro aspettano di entrare nelle loro case distrutte nel &ldquo;campo vecchio&rdquo;, il centro di quello che era il campo di Nahr al-Bared. L&rsquo;esercito libanese ha ancora il controllo esclusivo del campo vecchio cos&#236; come alcune parti del campo nuovo.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Il campo di Nahr al-Bared era un centro economico nel nord di Tripoli. Bench&#233; i primi negozi e compagnie hanno riaperto a Nahr al-Bared, lottano con una situazione economica difficile con un simile assedio del campo.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Questo <strong>film di 16 minuti<\/strong> &#232; stato prodotto attraverso un piccolo laboratorio video nel campo e tratta degli attuali sviluppi a Nahr al-Bared, concentrandosi sugli aspetti economici e sulla ricostruzione.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Pu&#242; essere vista e\/o scaricata qui:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Visita il sito del collettivo per altri video su Nahr al-Bared:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"> <span style=\" font-size:14pt\"> <strong>&quot;Nahr al-Bared Entre Hier et Aujourd&rsquo;hui&quot;&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Une ann&#233;e a pass&#233; depuis que les premiers Palestiniens ont &#233;t&#233; autoris&#233;s &#224; retourner dans la banlieue du camp de refugi&#233;s d&#233;truit Nahr al-Bared. Cette banlieue fait d&#233;sormais office de pr&#233;tendu &quot;nouveau camp&quot;. En attendant, plus de 15.000 personnes s&rsquo;y sont d&#233;plac&#233;es, la plupart d&rsquo;entre elles patientent encore afin de pouvoir acc&#233;der &#224; leurs maisons d&#233;truites dans &quot;l&rsquo;ancien camp&quot;, le centre de ce qui &#233;tait autrefois Nahr al-Bared. L&rsquo;ancien camp ainsi qu&rsquo;une partie du nouveau camp sont toujours soumis au contr&#244;le exclusif de l&rsquo;arm&#233;e libanaise.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Nahr al-Bared faisait office de centre &#233;conomique du Akkar, r&#233;gion situ&#233;e au nord de Tripoli. Bien que quelques petits magasins et autres petites boutiques aient rouvert dans le nouveau camp, ils luttent contre des conditions &#233;conomiques qui ont empir&#233;es depuis le si&#232;ge du camp.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Ce <strong>film de 16 minutes<\/strong> a &#233;t&#233; produit dans un petit atelier vid&#233;o dans le camp. Il traite du d&#233;veloppement actuel &#224; Nahr al-Bared, particuli&#232;rement autour de l&rsquo;aspect &#233;conomique, de la reconstruction et du contexte politique.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Vous pouvez visionner et\/ou t&#233;l&#233;charger le film en suivant ce lien:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/videobetween-past-and-present.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Vous pouvez visionner plus de vid&#233;os de Nahr al-Bared sur le site du collectif:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/a-films.blogspot.com\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> SPREAD IT!&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Best regards, a-films&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Everything about this list:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> To subscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS IS A MULTILINGUAL NEWSLETTER:&#160; FOR english, deutsch, espa&#241;ol, italiano, fran&#231;ais SEE BELOW.&#160; &gt;&gt;&gt;&#160; &quot;Nahr al-Bared Between Past and Present&quot;&#160; One year has passed since the first Palestinians were allowed to return to the outskirts of the destroyed Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, to the so-called &quot;new camp&quot;. Meanwhile, up to 15.000 people have resettled there, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.ps\/\">Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justvision.org\/\">Just Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.ps\">The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homeland-Oral-Histories-Palestine-Palestinians\/dp\/1566561329\/ref=la_B00HBW71SO_1_1\">Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/06\/epalestine-kingdom-of-olives-and-ash\/\">Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/the-tallest-man-in-ramallah\/\">The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s 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>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBahour\">@SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\">www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4553"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}