PERSON: Yousef Munayyer

Arab Center

Head of the Palestine/Israel Program

Yousef Munayyer is a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst based in Washington, D.C., United States. He was the executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Previously he directed The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and its educational program, the Palestine Center and was also a policy analyst with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

Munayyer was born in the town of Lod, Israel into a Palestinian Christian family, and spent the majority of his early life in New Jersey. Munayyer holds a Ph.D in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. He also holds a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a MA in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. His academic research interests include political repression and the intersection of foreign policy and civil liberties.

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