Background
Yassine, Khair Nimer was born on May 29, 1934 in Amman, Jordan. Son of Nimer Othman Yassine and Ramziah Suluman Malhas.
Yassine, Khair Nimer was born on May 29, 1934 in Amman, Jordan. Son of Nimer Othman Yassine and Ramziah Suluman Malhas.
Bachelor, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1959. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1974.
Museum curator Department Antiquities, Amman, Jordan, 1963-1966. Teacher University Jordan, 1974-1979. Chairman department archaeology Jordan University, 1979-1982.
Research assistant University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982-1983. Professor University Kuwait, 1984-1985, University Jordan, Amman, since 1985, member board science research, since 1989. Board directors Tell El Mazar Excavation Project, Jordan Valley Survey Project.
Consultant National Museum, Amman, 1963-1968, University Museum, Amman, since 1974. Visiting scholar University Dubuque (Iowa), 1988-1989.
Member Arab Historian Organization, American Center Oriental Research (board directors since 1989).
Married Eileen Paul Jones (divorced 1974). 1 child, Lisa; married Rabha Naji Masri, January 21, 1950. Children: Lina, Rami.