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Mr. Mohammad Aityeh |
A pilot by education, a
farmer by family trade, and an entrepreneur by instinct, Mr.
Atiyeh has substantial experience in business management and has
founded many successful enterprises and associations.
A student of Piedmont Aviation in North Carolina, he started his
career at the age of 23 by establishing his own business,
Jerusalem Imports, while still studying in the U.S.
A firm believer in transparency, he managed several other
projects in the U.S., Egypt, Palestine, and in Jordan, and
following his career path one can clearly see that Mr. Atiyeh is
an entrepreneur with a cause. The strongest testament to that is
his founding Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions (AMCP) in 1999,
the company for which he is now Chairman of the Board.
AMCP is the embodiment of his belief in the importance of
socially responsible communication. It is a communication
solutions agency which employs some of Jordan's greatest
creative talents, headed by the well-renowned artist Emad
Hajjaj. AMCP is an unconventional company which chooses its
accounts consciously and can offer a unique range of creative
products ranging from comic strip storyboards to national
awareness campaigns.
Outside the business world, Mr. Atiyeh still walks the walk. He
is a passionate philanthropist and a responsible citizen who has
a very strong belief and commitment to corporate social
responsibility. He is co-founder and first president of both the
Single Parents Association and the Friends of Al-Weibdeh
Association in Amman. He was a supporting Member of the Welfare
Association in Switzerland. Mr. Atiyeh is currently working on a
new national project of combating flies, particularly in the
Jordan Valley area. |
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Mr. Emad Hajjaj |
How do you creat an icon that almost
every Jordanian can love and relate to? Take a highly talented
individual with a sharp, satirical mind such as Emad Hajjaj, a
dash of the character of his father (a retired military officer
with an abundant sense of humor), and mix it with a society
generous with taboos and antagonisms. What you get is Abu
Mahjoob Undisputedly the most popular cartoon character in
Jordan, and known across the Middle East, Abu Mahjoob has the
power to make an entire society laugh at itself every morning –
no doubt because there are many Abu Mahjoob among us. The
realism of the character partly lies in its schizophrenia at
times he is a corrupt authority figure at others he is the poor
citizen whose right are neglected. But Abu Mahjoob’s massage is
strong and consistent: one of constructive self-critique
aspiration for positive change.
Through Abu Mahjoob Mr.Hajjaj has fiercely fought for freedom of
expression, addressing controversial issues, constantly pushing
the envelope, and showing many journalists that ceiling of their
freedom is indeed higher then they think. In 2000, Mr. Hajjaj
daringly drew His Majesty King Abdullah in a variety of
disguises, a cartoon which the King himself said he laughed at.
A later cartoon criticizing telecom giant Fastlink triggered a
camping against him in Al-Rai, the newspaper that published the
cartoon ,finally resulting in Mr.Hajjaj’s dismissal .As for
“uncensored“ cartoons that cannot escape prudish editors, they
are published on Abu Mahjoob‘s popular website, becoming a
barometer on press freedom in Jordan. But the artist is not yet
satisfied with Abu Mahjoob’s battles. He thinks that in order to
be remembered the same way characters like Mickey Mouse or
Tintin are, Abu Mahjoob has to be animated, a project that he is
working on through his company Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions,
the force behind numerous awareness campaigns and creative
advertisements. But animated or not, Abu Mahjoob has already
entered almost every Jordanian heart and mind. |
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Mr. Yaser Abu Hilala |
Amman bureau chief, Al-Jazeera Television
He is one of Al-Jazeera’s familiar faces, and his reports have
been behind frequent closures of Al-Jazeera’s Amman bureau.
Yaser Abu Hilala has been chased by security agents, condemned
by officials, and labeled a rabble-rouser by conservative
politicians, while simultaneously garnering respect from other
journalists and many of AL-Jazeera’s viewers for his edgy
reporting and blunt depictions of happening in Jordan .
Most recently, Mr. Abu Hilala was detained briefly by police
while interviewing family members of the former Al-Qaeda leader
in Iraq, Abu Musab AL-Zarqawi. In the interview the terrorist’s
brother-in-law heralded Al-Zarqawi as a “martyr” and “hero”. If
it’s a hot potato, then you can bet Mr. Abu Hilala is sprinkling
it with salt and getting ready to dig in. |
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Mr. Ammar Khammash |
| A reputed architect both locally and
internationally, Ammar Khammash is behind some of the region’s
most acclaimed designs. Among them is the award-winning Nazareth
Mosque, which at the time of reconstruction created quite a stir
for its proximity to the Church of Annunciation. Perhaps his
most renowned project is the Pella Jordan Valley Renovation, in
which he constructed two rest houses into museums – one at Pella
and the other at Umm Qais while he is first foremost an
architect, Mr. Khammash dabbles in a number of other
disciplines: painting, archeology, photography, jewelry design,
geology and is an ardent environ enlist. He believes that “the
earth is a warehouse from which we take, borrow, and steal to
allow for architecture.” And this is what makes him stand out:
he fuses his passions with his architectural designs. He
celebrates and consistently revives traditional Jordanian
architecture, merging it with modern design. Mr Khammash, who
also writes, has become an influential force in Jordan’s own
quest to be a cultural home for its people and an appealing
destination for travelers. |
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Mr. Mazen Darwazeh |
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