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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sam Bahour<br />
| image = Sam Bahour (highres).jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|10|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Youngstown, Ohio]], U.S.<br />
| occupation = Managing Partner of [http://www.aim.ps/ Applied Information Management (AIM)]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Abeer Barghouty]]|1993}}<br />
| children = Areen Bahour, Nadine Bahour<br />
| alma_mater = [[Youngstown State University]]<br />
| website = http://www.aim.ps<br />
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'''Sam Bahour''' is an American businessman and entrepreneur of Palestinian descent. <br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Bahour was born in [[Ohio]] in 1964, to a [[Palestinian]] father and [[Lebanese-American]] mother. He moved with his family to the [[West Bank]] in the 1990s following the signing of [[Oslo Accords]] to become involved in developing the economy of the future [[Palestinian state]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://imeu.net/news/article003181.shtml | title=We can't go home again | work=The New York Times | date=Oct 7, 2006 | accessdate=September 7, 2012 | author=Bahour, Sam |via=IMEU |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071026070459/http://imeu.net/news/article003181.shtml |archive-date=26 October 2007}}</ref><br />
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He graduated from [[Youngstown State University]] in 1989 with a degree in [[computer technology]], and subsequently worked for several [[United States|American]] software firms, before moving to the [[West Bank]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-bahour/palestines-investments-re_b_1703563.html | title=Palestine's Investments Require Divestment | work=The Huffington Post | date=2012-07-25 | accessdate=14 June 2024 | author=Bahour, Sam}}</ref><br />
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In addition, he earned an [[MBA]] in a joint program between [[Northwestern University]] in [[Illinois]] and [[Tel Aviv University]] in [[Israel]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Since relocating to the West Bank, Bahour has been involved in numerous business development initiatives. He was part of a group of businessmen who established the [[Paltel|Palestine Telecommunications Company]]. He also founded several private businesses, and was part of a plan to open a Western-style shopping center in the West Bank. <br />
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He has voiced support on Twitter for the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] Movement against Israel for its crimes against the Palestinian people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-25|title=Opinion {{!}} Helping Migrant Children|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/letters/immigrants-children.html|access-date=2021-03-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Boycott institutionally, Engage individually – Divest from Israel, Invest in Palestinians in all of historic Palestine – Sanction Now!|url=https://twitter.com/SamBahour/status/372099739279298561|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=September 18, 2013|author=Bahour, Sam |date=26 August 2013}}</ref> <br />
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On 6 April 2021, Bahour, along with American-Israeli professor [[Bernard Avishai]], addressed [[J Street]] on the topic of the confederation model for resolving the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Confederation: An Emerging Plausible Two-State Solution? What Changes in the US, Israel and Palestine Portend for the Future |url=https://jstreet.org/events-calendar/confederation-chicago-event/#.YQ8bpFNKhQI|access-date=2021-08-07|website=jstreet.org}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ePalestine.com Sam Bahour's webpage & blog]<br />
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