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Bassem Awadallah
Bassem I. Awadallah (; born in 1964) is a Jordanian public figure. He is the chief executive officer of Tomoh Advisory, based in Dubai, UAE and serves as a member of the board of directors of Al Baraka Banking Group in Bahrain. In 2006 Awadallah was appointed as the director of the Office of Abdullah II of Jordan, King Abdullah II and was appointed chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 2007. Awadallah was chosen as a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow, in Singapore in 2004, and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005. He is the recipient of the Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Service, the Order of the Star of Jordan, Al Kawkab Decoration of the First Order, and Order of Independence (Jordan), the Al Istiqlal Decoration of the First Order, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Early life and education Awadallah is a United States citizen who was born in Jerusalem in 1964. He received his bachelor's degree in Diplomatic service, Foreign Service from Georgetown U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and is considered Holy city, holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city; Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, while Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely Status of Jerusalem, recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Siege of Jerusalem (other), besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, and attacked 52 times. According to Eric H. Cline's tally in Jerusalem Besieged. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David (historic), City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
