Jamal Al-Karboli
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Jamal Nassir Delli Ahmed Al-Karboli (Arabic: جمال الكربولي, born October 10 1965) is an Iraqi activist and politician, head of the National Movement for Development and Reform
party and the Iraqi List
coalition in the Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Al Karboli is sheikh
of the Al-Karabla clan, the largest of the Dulaim
clans in the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
, who claim lineage from Al-Zubaid
, and their great grand-father, the Arab knight the venerable Companion Amro Bin Maad Yakroob; however, Karabla city is located to the west of Anbar, and leadership of the Al-Karabla clan is still in this household.
Jamal Al-Karboli was born in Al-Museib, the largest sub-district in Babylon historical governorate, of two Iraqi parents, and has four male siblings. He received his preparatory school certificate from the First of June Secondary School for male students (1982–1983) with distinction, which enabled him to join the College of Medicine at Baghdad University, where he had completed his studies in 1990-1991. He received a Bachelor's degree in medicine and general surgery/College of Medicine –Baghdad University (1990–1991)
, the only government-approved source for many state, UN humanitarian organizations, governmental or non-governmental, in Iraq. He has been awarded many prizes, certificates of merits and honorary degrees.
He also worked in distribution programs of food and relief support for poor families and orphans, and implementing skill rehabilitation and development programs for women widow providing them with sewing machines in order to improve their family living standards. He also contributed to patronizing youth gifts, supporting their sport and education needs, the formation and preparation of sports teams and fostering them through the arrangement of regular championships in many governorates, with the aim of helping them develop their capacities and keep them away from violence culture and arms. The programs also aimed to provide individual skills in computing, English language, and media activities, in order to improve their families' standard of living. He also supported the implementation of programs providing orphan children with school supplies, clothes, and administering courses in Koran recital, English language, and computing.
. During the Fallujah killings of April 2003
, he participated with a large working team to provide medical supplies, support of food, relief and logistics to whomever needed them. He provided a similar role during the conflict in Najaf, Tal Afar
and other governorates of Iraq.
He subsequently announced the birth of the National Movement for Development and Reform
(ALHAL). It started by a congregation of a large mass of clan, social prominent Iraqi personalities with the aim to activate, concentrate and consolidate the efforts of Iraqi patriotic clans, with the slogan of “non- sectarian patriotism and democracy for individual factional sectarianism”. The party has membership in the governorates of Salah Aldin, Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Diyala, middle and south Iraq regions, and therein many technocrats and professional Iraqis have joined efforts.
Al-Karboli was arrested three times by the Iraqi government, since the announcement of the National Movement for Reform and Development (ALHAL) in April 2008.
in Geneva, then vice president of institutional and administrative development committee in the secretariat-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and then in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Conference convened in South Korea 2005.
He was vice-president of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society
in 1998, and after laeving the role in 2000 he became the president of the Society in May 2003, then secretary-general in 2004; he, however, led Human and Relief Rescue Teams in the first and second Fallujah battles, Najaf first and second Battles, Basra
and Mosul
battles in the years 2004, 2005, and 2006.
He was an eye surgery senior intern at the Yarmouk Educational Hospital, and a military doctor, lieutenant rank, until he was referred to retirement for health reasons in 1993.
National Movement for Development and Reform
National Movement for Development and Reform or more commonly known as Al-Hal is a political party in Iraq. The party is a Sunni-based party....
party and the Iraqi List
Iraqi List
The Iraqi List is a political party list in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005, consisting of mainly secular Shia. It is dominated by the Iraqi National Accord led by former exile and interim prime minister Iyad Allawi...
coalition in the Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Al Karboli is sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
of the Al-Karabla clan, the largest of the Dulaim
Dulaim
Dulaim or Dulaimi or Al Duliam or Dulaym is one of the largest of Arab tribes , with over seven million people. The confederation's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and millions descend from the original tribe today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria and Jordan.The Dulaim tribe...
clans in the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, who claim lineage from Al-Zubaid
Zubaid
Zubaidis a large Arab tribe, which migrated to Iraq, before and after the Islamic conquest. The tribe was an offshoot of the Yemeni tribe of Midhhij . The Zubaid tribe's first leader was the companion of Prophet Mohammed, named Saad bin Maadi Karb.The main tribe of Zubaid is based in Suwaira, in...
, and their great grand-father, the Arab knight the venerable Companion Amro Bin Maad Yakroob; however, Karabla city is located to the west of Anbar, and leadership of the Al-Karabla clan is still in this household.
Jamal Al-Karboli was born in Al-Museib, the largest sub-district in Babylon historical governorate, of two Iraqi parents, and has four male siblings. He received his preparatory school certificate from the First of June Secondary School for male students (1982–1983) with distinction, which enabled him to join the College of Medicine at Baghdad University, where he had completed his studies in 1990-1991. He received a Bachelor's degree in medicine and general surgery/College of Medicine –Baghdad University (1990–1991)
Social and humanitarian activity
He worked in the Iraqi Red Crescent duties as a volunteer until he was elected the president of the Iraqi Red Crescent SocietyIraqi Red Crescent Society
Iraqi Red Crescent Society was founded in 1932 and it has its headquarters in Baghdad.-External links:* *...
, the only government-approved source for many state, UN humanitarian organizations, governmental or non-governmental, in Iraq. He has been awarded many prizes, certificates of merits and honorary degrees.
He also worked in distribution programs of food and relief support for poor families and orphans, and implementing skill rehabilitation and development programs for women widow providing them with sewing machines in order to improve their family living standards. He also contributed to patronizing youth gifts, supporting their sport and education needs, the formation and preparation of sports teams and fostering them through the arrangement of regular championships in many governorates, with the aim of helping them develop their capacities and keep them away from violence culture and arms. The programs also aimed to provide individual skills in computing, English language, and media activities, in order to improve their families' standard of living. He also supported the implementation of programs providing orphan children with school supplies, clothes, and administering courses in Koran recital, English language, and computing.
Political activity
Al-Karboli began political activism during the 2003 invasion of Iraq2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
. During the Fallujah killings of April 2003
Fallujah killings of April 2003
The Fallujah killings of April 2003 began when soldiers from the United States 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division fired into a crowd of Iraqi civilians who were protesting their presence at a school within the city of Fallujah. The soldiers claimed they were...
, he participated with a large working team to provide medical supplies, support of food, relief and logistics to whomever needed them. He provided a similar role during the conflict in Najaf, Tal Afar
Tal Afar
Tal Afar is a city and district in northwestern Iraq in the Ninawa Governorate located approximately 30 miles west of Mosul and 120 miles north west of Kirkuk.While no official census data exists, the city which had been...
and other governorates of Iraq.
He subsequently announced the birth of the National Movement for Development and Reform
National Movement for Development and Reform
National Movement for Development and Reform or more commonly known as Al-Hal is a political party in Iraq. The party is a Sunni-based party....
(ALHAL). It started by a congregation of a large mass of clan, social prominent Iraqi personalities with the aim to activate, concentrate and consolidate the efforts of Iraqi patriotic clans, with the slogan of “non- sectarian patriotism and democracy for individual factional sectarianism”. The party has membership in the governorates of Salah Aldin, Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Diyala, middle and south Iraq regions, and therein many technocrats and professional Iraqis have joined efforts.
Al-Karboli was arrested three times by the Iraqi government, since the announcement of the National Movement for Reform and Development (ALHAL) in April 2008.
Political involvement
- National Movement for Reform and Development (ALHAL): Secretary-general and founder, with branches and activities in the following governorates: Baghdad, Anbar, Salah ad Din, Diyala, NinevehNinawa GovernorateNinawa is a governorate in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient...
, Kirkuk, and Dhi Qar. - Planning and supervising the first participation of the movement in the governorates' council elections/ January 2009 at six governorates level, the movement was rated within the first ten political entities most influential across Iraq.
- Political Coalition of Iraqi List: member on the leadership of the Iraqi coalition and major contributor in the establishment of the Iraqi coalition winner in the Iraqi election for 2010.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan officials.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with Syrian Arab Republic officials.
- Planning and supervising the fist participation of the movement in the parliamentary elections/ March 2010 at seven governorates level, where twelve parliamentary seats were gained and got the 3rd rank as to the number of seats within the Iraqi coalition.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet wit the UAE officials.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with the Kuwait officials.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with the Turkey Republic officials.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with the Kurdistan Iraq territory presidency/ president Massoud Barzani –Irbil, October 2010.
- Head of the National Movement for Reform and Development delegation to meet with the president Jalal Talbani –Sulaymaniyah- October 2010.
- Member of the leadership of Iraqi coalition delegation to the special Turkey meetings, October 2010.
- Member of the Leadership of Iraqi Coalition delegation to Irbil meetings dedicated to the formation of Iraqi government, November 2010.
- Formulate, materialize and adopt initiative project (ALHAL) to bring the view points closer and expedite the formation of Iraqi government.
Roles and affiliations
Al-Karboli was Vice president of Youth Committee in the Secretariat-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
in Geneva, then vice president of institutional and administrative development committee in the secretariat-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and then in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Conference convened in South Korea 2005.
He was vice-president of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society
Iraqi Red Crescent Society
Iraqi Red Crescent Society was founded in 1932 and it has its headquarters in Baghdad.-External links:* *...
in 1998, and after laeving the role in 2000 he became the president of the Society in May 2003, then secretary-general in 2004; he, however, led Human and Relief Rescue Teams in the first and second Fallujah battles, Najaf first and second Battles, Basra
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
and Mosul
Mosul
Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...
battles in the years 2004, 2005, and 2006.
He was an eye surgery senior intern at the Yarmouk Educational Hospital, and a military doctor, lieutenant rank, until he was referred to retirement for health reasons in 1993.
- Vice president of the International Youth Committee/ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Geneva (2005–2008)
- Member of the International Youth Committee/ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Geneva (2001–2005)
- Member of Iraqi Medical Association (1991 up to date)
- Board Member of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (1994 -1998/2003-2008)
- Volunteer in the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (1985–present)
External links
- http://alhashimi.org/newsdetail.asp?sno=26
- http://www.baghdad-news.com/home.asp?mode=more&NewsID=33766&catID=1