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El-Bireh, Palestine Society 1986 Convention (Washington Report – 09/08/1986)

elbirehsociety — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:13:28 +0000

More than 1000 members and guests attended the Fifth National Covention of the El Bireh Palestine Society, whose American members trace their roots to the Muslim town of El Bireh north of Jerusalem. Speakers at the August 15 to 17 meeting in Dearborn, Michigan included former Illinois Congressman Paul Findley, author of They Dare To Speak Out, Master of Ceremonies Rafeek Farah, President of the El Bireh Michigan chapter which hosted the event; El Bireh Society President Hasan Hasan; Film Producer Tito Howard; Dr. James Zogby of the Arab American Institute; Hasan Abdul Rahman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Information Office in Washington, D.C.; Dr. Hatern Husseini representing Al Fatah, Reyad Mansour representing the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP); Fouad Rafeddi representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Osama Siblani, editor of Sada al Watan, a Detroit Arabic language newspaper; Nasir Arouri, former president of the Arab American University Graduates (AAUG); and Sheikh Muhammad Musa of the Dearborn Mosque.

New officers elected included President: Izzedin Naser; Vice President. Ahmad Attalla; Executive Secretary: Fouad Rafeddi; Treasurer: Wasfi Bahur; Recording Secretary: Ziad Sarsur; and Secretary of Education: Rafeek Farah.

The group adopted a resolution naming the PLO as “sole and legitimate representative” of the Palestinian people, awarded scholarships for study at West Bank colleges to West Bank students, and provided a grant to the secondary school in El Bireh to purchase instructional equipment. The El Bireh Palestine Society’s next national convention will be held August 16 to 18, 1987, in New York City.

El-Bireh Society Plans 1995 Convention in Palestine (Washington Report – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1995, Pages 61-63)

elbirehsociety — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:09:55 +0000

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.

British take El-Bireh, Palestine (New York Times article – 12/31/1917)

elbirehsociety — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:58:20 +0000

british_take_elbireh1.pdf

El-Bireh Family Trees (created in the mid-1980′s)

elbirehsociety — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:47:51 +0000

http://www.albireh.org/en/des.aspx?id=70

Interview with Sam Bahour January 2008

elbirehsociety — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:37:34 +0000

Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American activist from El-Bireh, Palestine. Please click on the link below to see the interview:

http://www.arabamericantvonline.com/

El-Bireh on YouTube!

elbirehsociety — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:04:31 +0000

From El-Bireh to Belize

elbirehsociety — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:32:01 +0000

From El Bireh to Belize

By Nathan Guttman


Though war, conquest and intifada aren’t part of the lexicon of the dispute between Belize and its neighbor, Guatemala, some leaders in the small Caribbean country are well acquainted with these concepts. Click on the link below for the full story:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=78831&contrassID=3&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0

Snow in El-Bireh (1/30/08)

elbirehsociety — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:24:21 +0000