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Birzeit University

Country

Palestinian Territories

State

Ramallah and al-Bireh

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Deborah Gerner	University of Kansas	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nina Menkes	University of Southern California	Birzeit University	Arts	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Ricks	Villanova University	Birzeit University	History	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Denis Sullivan	Northeastern University	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Philip Schrodt	University of Kansas	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Fouad Moughrabi	University of Tennessee, Chattanooga	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nina Menkes	University of Southern California	Birzeit University	Arts	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Munir Nasser	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Birzeit University	Communications	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nahida Gordon	Case Western Reserve University	Birzeit University	Mathematics	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cheryl Rubenberg	Florida International University	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Amal Kawar	Utah State University	Birzeit University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Eyad Abed	University of Maryland, College Park	Birzeit University	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lynne Rogers	Quinnipiac University	Birzeit University	Language	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Suha Sabbagh	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Birzeit University	Language	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Saber Elaydi	Trinity University	Birzeit University	Mathematics	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rena Barakat	Birzeit University	Birzeit University	History	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lee Tesdell	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Birzeit University	Communications	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Irum Shiekh	University of California, Los Angeles	Birzeit University	Anthropology	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mousa Ayyash	Chicago State University	Birzeit University	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sunanda Holmes	Johns Hopkins University	Birzeit University	Law	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Ali Jarbawi	Birzeit University	Augsburg University	Political Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Riyad Amin	Birzeit University	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	Chemistry	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bakir Abu-Kishk	Birzeit University	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	Economics	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1985-1986	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Asem J S Khalil	Birzeit University	New York University	Law	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdulrahim M A Shaikh	Birzeit University	Columbia University	Liberal Arts	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mustafa I A Jarrar	Birzeit University	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	Computer Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yousef Hassouneh	Birzeit University	West Virginia University	Computer Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maher Hashweh	Birzeit University	Stanford University	Education	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Musa Budeiri	Birzeit University	Princeton University , Trinity College		Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdul-Salam Abdul-Ghani	Birzeit University	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Medical Sciences	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Salim Tamari	Birzeit University	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Sociology	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bishara Abu-Ghannam	Birzeit University	Iowa State University of Science and Technology		Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nabeel Nahas	Birzeit University	University of Connecticut Health Center , University of Connecticut Health Center	Biology	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lamis Abu Nahleh	Birzeit University	Georgetown University , Georgetown University	Linguistics	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hani Nigam	Birzeit University	University of Notre Dame	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kamal Abdulfattah	Birzeit University	Earlham College	Area Studies	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mohammed Amer	Birzeit University	State University of New York-Stony Brook	Mathematics	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Adnan Yahya	Birzeit University	University of Maryland, College Park , University of Maryland, University College	Computer Science	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Wasfi Kafri	Birzeit University	University of Maryland, College Park , University of Maryland, College Park	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Suhail Sami Sadeq Sultan	Birzeit University	University of San Francisco	Business	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program