Education
Born in Jerusalem to a prominent Palestinian family, Dajani completed his early studies at Collège des Frères and attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Born in Jerusalem to a prominent Palestinian family, Dajani completed his early studies at Collège des Frères and attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
He currently serves as Director of Communications & Strategic Media for Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Prior to this he was Vice President of Middle East and North Africa at Internews. Dajani is former Vice President of Middle East and North Africa at Internews, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.
In 2006, Dajani launched the Mosaic Intelligence Report, a weekly video analysis broadcast on Link television and distributed online.
He is author of The Arab Media Revolution. Dajani has made guest appearances on numerous television and radio networks, and is a contributor to the Listening Post on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English.
He has published several articles on the Middle East and blogs regularly on The Huffington Post. He is the co-host of Arab Talk on KPOO radio, and serves on the board of New America Media, a collaboration of ethnic news organizations in the United States.
Dajani served on the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission (2005–2009), and served on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (2009–2011).
He served for two years (2003–2004) as President of the Arab Cultural and Community Center of San Francisco.