16 Facts About Tamim al-Barghouti

Tamim al-Barghouti received his PhD degree in political science from Boston University in 2004.

Tamim al-Barghouti grew up in a family interested in Arabic literature.

Tamim al-Barghouti's father was the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti from the Deir Ghassana village, and his mother is the Egyptian novelist and political writer Radwa Ashour.

Tamim al-Barghouti is the son of Palestinian writer and poet Mourid al-Barghouti and the Egyptian writer, Radwa Ashour.

President Anwar Sadat then banished most prominent Palestinian figures from Egypt, including Tamim's father, Mourid al-Barghouti, when Tamim was five months old.

Tamim al-Barghouti would go with his mother to visit his exiled father living in Budapest on vacations.

Tamim al-Barghouti cited his separation from his father as formational of his interest in political science.

Tamim al-Barghouti al-Barghouthi wrote his first poem, "Allah Yahdiha Falastin" in colloquial Palestinian Arabic when he was 18 years old.

In 1999, Tamim al-Barghouti al-Barghouthi earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the College of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University.

Tamim al-Barghouti then earned a master's degree in politics and international relations from The American University in Cairo.

Tamim al-Barghouti has then worked for the United Nations at the Division for Palestinian Rights, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and in 2005 and 2006 at the UN Mission in Sudan.

Tamim al-Barghouti taught political science as an assistant professor at the American University in Cairo.

Tamim al-Barghouti worked as a visiting professor at Free University of Berlin and Georgetown University in Washington DC.

In February 2021, Tamim al-Barghouti's father, renowned Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, died at the age of 76 in the Jordanian capital Amman, after spending most of his life in exile.

Tamim al-Barghouti has a series of short cultural videos on AJ+ in Arabic called Ma'a Tamim in which recites original poetry or discusses themes in literature, art, and history.

Tamim al-Barghouti delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.