Previous Employment

Imad Moustapha was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 (IT) at the University of Damascus

University of Damascus

The University of Damascus 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 the merger of the School of Medicine and the Institute of Law , also making it the oldest university in modern-day Syria...

, 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 helped to establish Meedan

Meedan

Meedan is 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...

, "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

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

."

Media

Imad Moustapha often 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. He maintains an online blog, available at http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com, as well as a personal website: http://www.imadmoustapha.net.

Allegations of Espionage

On June 25, 2011, the Washington Bureau chief of a major Kuwait newspaper (Al-Rai

Al Rai

Al Rai , formerly known as Al Rai al Aam, is a Kuwaiti daily newspaper.According to a 2007 survey by the Washington-based Intermedia group, Al Rai ranked one among Kuwaiti newspapers for the fifth year in a row...

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

External links

• 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

See also

• University of Damascus
  University of Damascus
  The University of Damascus 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 the merger of the School of Medicine and the Institute of Law , also making it the oldest university in modern-day Syria...
  
  
• United Nations Development Program
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
  The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia , headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, is one of the five regional commissions under the administrative direction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UN-ESCWA promotes economic and social development of Western Asia...