e-mail: basem@nol.com.jo

Representative/founding member of a chapter for Transparency International in Jordan

Consultant/Partner at the Arab Archives Institute for Research and Publishing
The Institute carries out studies on human rights and organises conferences at local, regional and international levels.

Publisher of the first e-mail newspaper Akher Khabar daily in Arabic and Jorday in English. The e-mail paper was distributed to more than 100,000 email addresses across the globe.

Chief Editor of the evening daily Al Masa’yeh

Daily columnist at Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper

Chief Editor of the weekly Al Bilad newspaper

Chief Editor of Sight and Sound magazine

Chief Editor of Akher Khabar evening daily

Managing Editor at Al-Ra’i daily

Chief Reporter at al Bayan newspaper-Dubai

News Editor for Dubai Television- Dubai

BA in Political Science from the University of Cairo in 1978.

Fluent in both languages, Arabic and English in writing and speaking.

Co-author of a book entitled Wasta- The Declared Secret ,
published by the Arab Archives Institute. March 2002

A novel entitled The Milky Way

A novel entitled The Last Bullet

A novel entitled Black and White

A book on the political history of the press in Jordan entitled Press…However

Editor in chief of a special publication in English entitled Jorday published regularly for special occasions related primarily to the World Economic Forum. It was presented in 2003 at the Dead Sea Forum of the World Economic Forum , in 2004 at the Davos Forum, and in 2004 at the Dead Sea. Jorday documents special international conferences in addition to proceedings and all events related to the World Economic Forum.

Op-ed columns at the Charlotte Observer daily North Carolina, U.S.A

Editor of the TI Source Book in Arabic

Co-author of a book entitled Wasta in Jordan- the Declared Secret, published by the Arab Archives Institute. March 2002.

Co-editor of a book entitled Towards Transparency in Jordan-2001

Co-organising conferences related to human rights and promoting democracy in Arab countries including:

- May 22, 2000: A conference entitled “Towards Transparency in Jordan”.
- March 31-April 2, 2002: An Arab and international conference entitled: Transparency II the different facets of Wasta”.
- A conference and a study on Access to Information in Jordan June 2005.