Last Update - 17 July, 1997
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Nabil Khatib / PhD in Journalism
Residence: Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
Tel - +972-2-9982979 - Office - Birzeit University
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- +972-50-537771 -
Mobile Phone
Fax - + 972-2-998120
Address: West bank ,Ramallah,POB:1355
Birth date: 19 November 1962
Birth place: Hebron, Palestine
E.mail nabilkhatib@compuserve.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
| Sept. 1993 - Present | Senior correspondent for Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), Jerusalem office. Specialized in news reports and feature stories. Experience in covering PLO-Israeli negotiations in Taba, Egypt; business and economic problems; and general events in the Occupied Territories. |
| Sep. 1997 - Present | Acting Direcor ,Media Center at Birzeit University |
| Apr. 1996 - Present | Head of Media Program at Birzeit University (Faculty of Arts) - Palestine , Founder of the Program , worked out the curriculum of BA Program of Media Studies in both Radio and Print journalism , teaching at the same Program |
| Feb.1994 - Apr. 1996 | assistant professor of JOURNALISM in Birzeit University. |
| March 1996 - present | Bureau Chief for Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), Jerusalem office. managing 11 people staff , organizing coverage , budget . |
| Sept. 1993 - Present | Senior correspondent for Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), Jerusalem office. Specialized in news reports and feature stories. Experience in covering PLO-Israeli negotiations in Taba, Egypt; business and economic problems; and general events in the Occupied Territories. |
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| 1992 - 1994 | Founder and director of the Al-Balad Press Institute , Ramallah, which is a local press agency. Activities included regularly sending columns and opinion pieces to A-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper (London); Al-Bustan Newspaper (USA); Al-Quds (Jerusalem); and others. As part of Al-Balad Press' work, I also developed a data bank, which supplied journalists and researchers with background information on different subjects, including politics, economics, women, etc. |
| 1991 - 1994 | Film-production. Worked on the following documentary films:- Marda (concerning the problem of Israeli settlements in the West Bank). Served as associate director, in cooperation with Al-Quds TV Production and Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC).- Psychological Problems of Gaza Children Under Occupation. Served as director, in cooperation with Al-Quds TV Production. By mbc TV , Jerusalem - the Stolen City (1995) |
| 1986 - 1987 | **Nablus-area correspondent for Al-Fajr Newspaper, Jerusalem.
**Translating books from Russian into Arabic. |
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
| 1988 - 1991 | Ph.D., philology (journalism). Byelorussia State University. Minsk, Byelorussia. Thesis: Palestinian Press in the Occupied Territories and Diaspora. |
| 1981 - 1986 | MA., journalism. Byelorussian State University. Graduated with honors Thesis: Obstacles to Development of the Palestinian Press. 1980 - 1981Certificate of achievement, Russian language. Minsk Institute for Foreign Languages. Minsk, Byelorussia. |
| 1980 | Diploma. Nablus Secondary School. Nablus, West Bank. |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
| 1996 - Present | Member, Board of Popular Art Center (non-profit organization interested in promotion of ART), Jerusalem. Participated in the institute's mobile cinema unit. |
| July 1993 | Helped organize first training course in news production in the Occupied Territories. (Funded by Sweden SIDA) |
| 1993 - Present | Helped organize different training courses in media training in cooperation with several Palestinian N.G.O.s in the Palestinian territories . |
| 1996 - Present | Media management and consultation for several Palestinian and international institutions working in Palestine |
Arabic - fluent
English - medium
Russian - fluent
COMPUTER SKILLS :
Proficient with a computer. I am familiar with the following software:
-Microsoft office - (word processor , Exel...Eglish , Arabic)
- Microsoft Windows version 3.1 , WIN95.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Have a valid driver's license .