About

Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan, was born in Jaffa in 1929, and began his studies at the Ayyubid School there; he then joined Anahda College in Jerusalem, headed by Palestine’s leading educator, Khalil Sakakini. In 1951, he graduated from the American University in Beirut with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

In early 2014, the Foundation’s entire staff, as well as two of our trustees, met in the occupied city of Jericho to develop a five-year strategic plan for the years 2014-18, with most Gaza colleagues joining in via videoconference. Over three days, the complex task of organising a meaningful discussion between ninety-five ambitious, highly intelligent and imaginative individuals, endowed with a tireless energy for debate, was not always easy. Indeed, discussions were occasionally heated and tense, even acrimonious! Yet I am certain that we all came out with a clearer sense of our limits and capabilities and were better able to produce a lucid, realistic but ambitious plan and prepare the solid, fertile ground upon which to implement it.

The Foundation is currently establishing a new building in Ramallah to house its administrative and programmatic operations, and to serve as a multi-facetted cultural venue. The new building has a total area of 7,730m² and is the first building registered with the Palestinian Higher Green Building Council.