The executive committee of the El-Bireh Palestine Society, USA has returned to the United States after holding a series of meetings with residents of the West Bank town of El-Bireh to plan the group’s first national convention in Palestine. It will be held in mid-July.
A preparatory committee in El-Bireh was proposed, to include Nouman Abdel Dayim, Munif Traish, Saber Tawil, Mohammad Sarsour, Abdel Jawad Saleh, Dr. Hazim Arafat and Sheikh Jamal. Several suggestions also were made to provide information and encouragement to El-Bireh residents abroad to return home and take up permanent residence in Palestine.
Contact persons for the convention are Nouman Abdel Dayim, at P.O. Box 3662, El Bireh, tel. 02951778, fax 02952892, and Sam Bahour, 2986 Roosevelt Dr., Youngstown, OH 44504, tel. (216) 759-2738, fax (216) 759-2738. The El-Bireh Palestine Society, USA address is P.O. Box 957, Youngstown, OH 44501-0957.