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Fadi Elsalameen was a Research Fellow with the New America Foundation's American Strategy Program. He is also director general of the Palestine Note and Diwan Palestine — Internet newspapers in English and Arabic about Palestine, Israel and the Middle East. Prior to joining Palestine Note, Elsalameen served as the director of Institutional Advancement at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) where he established the Development Department by securing the first foundation grant to the organization.

Elsalameen worked as a program advisor at the "Imaginenations Group" where he worked with teams of international development finance and youth experts to design investment strategies for youth in the Middle East and South America.

Since 1998, Elsalameen has been an active participant in the International organization "Seeds of Peace" participating in and lecturing at numerous leadership summits and conferences on topics related to Middle East youth, conflict resolution, and  extremism.

Elsalameen graduated from Earlham College with a B.S. in biochemistry and political science and holds a Masters in International  Relations and Economics with a specialization in China Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Elsalameen speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, and Mandarin-Chinese.