Ghanem Nuseibeh
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Ghanem Nuseibeh is the founder of strategy and management consultancy, Cornerstone Global Associates. He was a member of the Club of Rome
's think-tank 30 from 2004 to 2008, and is in charge of the Gulf region's section of the Budapest
-based think-tank Political Capital Policy Research and Consulting Institute http://www.riskandforecast.com/. He is a member of the Nuseibeh (alternatively spelt Nusseibeh) family of Jerusalem and lives in Dubai.
man-made island and the Dubai Tower
in Doha, Qatar's then tallest proposed building. Before founding his own consultancy, Nuseibeh worked with WS Atkins and Mouchel Parkman.
Nuseibeh has written numerous publications including co-authoring two books with members of the Club of Rome's tt30
, ICT for Education and Development: the challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Africa and Letters to the Future. He has also written articles for newspapers and magazines published around the world.
He is the 2005 winner of the British Geotechnical Association's Prediction competition and the 1st winner of the ALGS Papers Competition of the Institute of Civil Engineers in London. He was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's Top Flight scholarship in 1996.
Ghanem Nuseibeh is a member of the Executive Committee of the British Friends of Neve Shalom – Wāħat as-Salām, a village outside Jerusalem built to promote peace between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land.
Ghanem Nuseibeh is a co-founder and former President of the Middle East Student's Union in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1996 to create a common-ground for Jewish, Christian and Muslim students. As part of his student work, he contributed to the "Report of Extremism and Intolerance on Campus", produced by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of British Universities in 1997. Nuseibeh is on the advisory board of Just Journalism
, a UK-based organisation that monitors the coverage of Israeli and Middle Eastern issues in the British media.
In an extensive report about him by The National daily newspaper in Abu Dhabi in 2011, Nuseibeh was described as "the man investment bankers, business executives and even government officials turn to when they want to know what is happening in the Arab world. Not what appears to be happening on the surface, but what is really happening, and what it all means".
Letters to the Future - tt30 book http://www.tt30.org/material/letters_to_the_future_final.pdf
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
's think-tank 30 from 2004 to 2008, and is in charge of the Gulf region's section of the Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
-based think-tank Political Capital Policy Research and Consulting Institute http://www.riskandforecast.com/. He is a member of the Nuseibeh (alternatively spelt Nusseibeh) family of Jerusalem and lives in Dubai.
Career
Nuseibeh holds an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Imperial College, London and a Master of Science degree from the same university. As a trained civil engineer, he has taken part in the design of major international infrastructure projects, including the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey dual oil and gas pipe-line, the Durrat Al BahrainDurrat Al Bahrain
Durrat Al Bahrain is the largest artificial island in Bahrain after the Amwaj Islands. The US$6 billion project will consist of a series of 13 large artificial islands, covering an area of over...
man-made island and the Dubai Tower
Dubai Towers Dubai
Dubai Towers Dubai is a four tower complex to be built in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The developer, Sama Dubai, intends this to form the centrepiece of The Lagoons, a megaproject located on Dubai Creek which will consist of seven islands...
in Doha, Qatar's then tallest proposed building. Before founding his own consultancy, Nuseibeh worked with WS Atkins and Mouchel Parkman.
Nuseibeh has written numerous publications including co-authoring two books with members of the Club of Rome's tt30
Tt30
tt30 is a young think tank, an offshoot of the Club of Rome, composed of around 30 men and women ages 25-35.-Origins:tt30 was formed in 2001 as an offshoot of the Club of Rome...
, ICT for Education and Development: the challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Africa and Letters to the Future. He has also written articles for newspapers and magazines published around the world.
He is the 2005 winner of the British Geotechnical Association's Prediction competition and the 1st winner of the ALGS Papers Competition of the Institute of Civil Engineers in London. He was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's Top Flight scholarship in 1996.
Ghanem Nuseibeh is a member of the Executive Committee of the British Friends of Neve Shalom – Wāħat as-Salām, a village outside Jerusalem built to promote peace between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land.
Ghanem Nuseibeh is a co-founder and former President of the Middle East Student's Union in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1996 to create a common-ground for Jewish, Christian and Muslim students. As part of his student work, he contributed to the "Report of Extremism and Intolerance on Campus", produced by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of British Universities in 1997. Nuseibeh is on the advisory board of Just Journalism
Just Journalism
Just Journalism is a UK-based research organisation and pressure group whose stated goals are to focus "on how Israel and Middle East issues are reported in the UK media." The organisation publishes online analyses in response to news stories, reports on "long-term trends", and opinion pieces for...
, a UK-based organisation that monitors the coverage of Israeli and Middle Eastern issues in the British media.
In an extensive report about him by The National daily newspaper in Abu Dhabi in 2011, Nuseibeh was described as "the man investment bankers, business executives and even government officials turn to when they want to know what is happening in the Arab world. Not what appears to be happening on the surface, but what is really happening, and what it all means".
Publications
ICT for Education and Development - tt30 book http://www.tt30.org/material/ict_book_05.pdfLetters to the Future - tt30 book http://www.tt30.org/material/letters_to_the_future_final.pdf