Stipendiatin der Sektion Baukunst 2008
Mentor: Samih al Abid, Peter Zlonicky
Born: 1975 in Jerusalem
Education
• 2000-2004 Birzeit University, MSc. Degree in Ground Water Hydrology
• 1992-1997 Birzeit University, B.Sc. in Civil Engineering – Specialty in Water.
Professional Experience
• Amman, 1996, Jouzy & Partners, Feasibility Study For Yajouz–Birein Road, and design
of Wastewater Collection System including House Connections.
• Amman, 1996, Harza, Amman – Zarqa Waste Water Master Plan.
• Bethlehem, August 1998, Community Development Group (CDG), Emergency Rehabilitation
Project for Roads in Bethlehem District, (32 Km) Ramallah, Water Resources Programm,
Phase 2, Water Resources Specialist.
• Jerusalem, Dahiet Al_Barid, 1999-December 2001, Palestinian Economic Council for
Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) / Technical Assistance and Training
Department, Projects Coordinator
• Technical Assistance Projects: Water Sector Strategic Planning Study, Municipal
Solid Waste Management, and Training Project for PA Ministries. Contribution to a
book entitled: Palestinian Water Strategic Planning Study.
• Newcastle University, England and Palestinian Water Authority, Palestine, January
2002 - 2004, Sustainable Management of the West Bank and Gaza Aquifers/ Ground Water
Pollution Specialist. 2002 and Nov. 2003 – Feb. 2004 at the Water Resource Systems
Research Laboratory, Newcastle University – UK.
• German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Dec. 2004
– Dec. 2005, Palestinian National Water Council (NWC)/ Technical Coordinator.
House of Water and Environment (HWE), January 2006 - Present, Projects and Training
Director.
Participation to international Conferences
Morocco, Sweden, France, Jordan, Algeria, Lebanon, Turkey; Palestine; Syria
Workshops and Training Courses after 2000
o 2001, Bethlehem, "Crisis Management "; Rabat, Morocco, Industry and Development
Related to the Mediterranean.
o 2002, Amman, Jordan, Sustainable Management of the West Bank and Gaza Aquifers
Project.
o 2003, Cairo, Egypt, Groundwater Protection, IHP Network on Groundwater Protection
in the Arab Region; Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg Seminar, Water and Environment
Sessions.
o 2005, Amman, Jordan, Groundwater and Soil Protection in the Arab Region.
o 2005, Eschborn, Germany, Electronic Evaluation Tool (E-Val).
o 2005, Kuwait, Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM).
o 2005, Italy, Water Resources Management.
o 2006, „Israelisch-palästinensischer Dialog", Akademie der Künste, Berlin