Imad Moustapha ( ar, عماد مصطفى; born 11 March 1959) is the

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n Ambassador to

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and his country's former Ambassador to the

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Biography

Imad Moustapha was born in

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on 11 March 1952. He was Dean of the Faculty of

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(IT) at the

University of Damascus The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

, 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

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and

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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.

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

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that Ambassador Mustapha is engaged in various espionage activities, as well as threats to Syrians living in the US.

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*
Imad Moustapha discusses The U.S., Syria and the New Old Middle East: Confrontation or Cooperation?

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 fro
Forward Magazine
where he is a regular contributing writer.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Moustapha, Imad 1952 births People from Aleppo Damascus University alumni Alumni of the University of Surrey Ambassadors of Syria to the United States Ambassadors of Syria to China Living people

Biography

Media

Personal

Allegations of espionage

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