Imad Moustapha

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Imad Moustapha عماد مصطفى
Dr. Imad Moustapha (left) and U.S. President George W. Bush
5th
In office December 2011[1] – 2014
Preceded by
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-11) 11 March 1952 (age 69) Aleppo, Syria
Nationality	Syrian
Spouse(s)	Rafif
Children	Sidra, Saree
Residence	Washington, DC
Profession	Civil Servant
Website	http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com/

Imad Moustapha (Arabic: عماد مصطفى; born 11 March 1952) is the Syrian Ambassador to China and his country's former Ambassador to the United States.

Biography[]

Imad Moustapha was born in Aleppo on 11 March 1952.^[2]

He was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology (IT) at the University of Damascus, and Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. He is a co-founder of the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA). This organization was involved in establishing Meedan, "a non-profit social technology company which aims to increase cross-language interaction on the web, with particular emphasis on translation and aggregation services in Arabic and English."^[3]

Media[]

Imad Moustapha regularly writes in the print media and appears on television, representing the Syrian government position. He has also occasionally appeared at public lectures, think-tanks, and world-affairs councils.^[4]

Personal[]

His wide range of interests include: globalization, cultural identities, social and economic impacts of the Internet, and Western classical music.

Allegations of espionage[]

On June 25, 2011, the Washington Bureau chief of a major Kuwait newspaper (Al Rai), reported in NOW Lebanon that Ambassador Mustapha is engaged in various espionage activities, as well as threats to Syrians living in the US.^[5]

See also[]

• University of Damascus
• United Nations Development Program
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

References[]

External links[]

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Imad Moustapha discusses The U.S., Syria and the New Old Middle East: Confrontation or Cooperation?
• The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador Profile
• Murder in Abou Kamal
• (Other information in this article as of 26 August 2006 is from Imad Moustapha's personal blog - https://web.archive.org/web/20100105115626/http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com/ - Accessed 19 June 2006. And from Forward Magazine where he is a regular contributing writer.)