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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Nasser al-Din Muhammad Ahmad al-Shaer (December 9, 1961 in Sebastia), former Minister of Education in Palestine in the unity government.
He worked as Dean of the Faculty of Sharia at An-Najah National University, and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Jurisprudence and Legislation, specializing in Comparative Jurisprudence, and Professor of Comparative Religions.
He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education in the previous government, during which he was detained for two months in the occupation prisons. He also served as Minister of Education in the unity government.
Educational attainment
1980: General Secondary Education, Scientific Branch, Sebastia Secondary School. 1985: Bachelor’s degree in (Jurisprudence and Legislation) with an excellent grade from the Department of Islamic Studies at An-Najah National University in Nablus, with a grade of 85.13%. He was ranked first in the class and obtained a scholarship for the Master’s degree. 1989: Master’s degree in (Jurisprudence and Legislation) with an excellent grade from the Department of Islamic Studies at An-Najah National University in Nablus, and a master’s thesis in (Fundamentals of Jurisprudence) with the subject (The Concept of Dissent among Fundamentalists). When he received an excellent grade and was studying on a scholarship, he was appointed as a lecturer in the department after his graduation. 1996: Doctorate from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester in Britain, and his doctoral thesis made a comparison between Islam and Judaism, which included a special focus on the status of women in the two religions. 1998: He participated after his doctorate in a scientific program on religion and democracy in America, and obtained a certificate from the International Institute of American Studies at New York University.
An attempt on his life
Nasser al-Din al-Shaer was subjected to an assassination attempt on July 22, 2022, when gunmen opened fire from inside a vehicle that stopped in front of al-Shaer’s vehicle, resulting in him being hit by approximately 6 bullets in his legs.
Scientific expertise
1985-1989: Teaching in public and private secondary schools in the field of education. 1989-1990: Faculty member in the Department of Islamic Studies at An-Najah National University in Nablus, after which he left the university on leave to study for a doctorate in Britain. Since 1996: Faculty member, Assistant Professor, in the Department of Jurisprudence and Legislation at the Faculty of Sharia at An-Najah National University, and a part-time lecturer for a limited period at Al-Quds Open University. 2001: Dean of the Faculty of Sharia at An-Najah National University in Nablus.
Additional experiences
1981: Elected president of the Student Union Council at An-Najah National University in Nablus.
1997- 2001: Elected member of the administrative body of the Workers’ Union at An-Najah National University for three terms.
1998-2001: Member of the main planning and development committee at An-Najah National University for two terms.
2000-2005: Elected president of the Consumer Cooperative Society for An-Najah University Workers.
Academic and community contributions and activities
Publishing a book on the “Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process,” with its translation into English.
Publishing a book on “The Reality of Imams and Preachers in Palestine: Between Reality and Aspiration.”
Participating in writing and publishing the book “Human Rights in Higher Religious Education Curricula.”
Participation in writing and publishing the book “Israeli Priorities”.
Participating in writing and publishing the culture book for university students.
He published many scientific researches in peer-reviewed journals, such as: globalization, gender, domestic violence, reproductive health, and others, and addressed this from an Islamic perspective.
Writing articles in newspapers and magazines in the social, intellectual, religious, cultural and other fields.
Participation in many television programs in the cultural, religious, intellectual and social fields.
Practicing public speaking at the Endowments and Islamic Affairs at intervals since 1979.
Participating in training more than one guidance team and in more than one societal, legal, legal, legal, and religious field for the benefit of civil and research centers and institutions in the country.
He is considered an independent personality
Establishing a computer center at An-Najah National University in 2000 for scientific research purposes.
Participation in many seminars, workshops, and cultural and social activities, such as those that address the issue of women and are evaluated by research, cultural, social, feminist, and youth centers in the country.
Participation in many youth forums that are held from time to time, such as the First and Second Palestine Youth Conferences, the Young Leaders Conference in Palestine, and many other scientific and community conferences.
Supervising a multi-faceted cultural-political program to study Israeli society and the extent to which Israeli goals and priorities reflect the Palestinian issue, in which an elite group of specialists, decision-makers, and stakeholders and experts in every field participated (in the period 2000-2005), at the rate of a symposium every two months.
Giving orientation lectures, social, cultural, educational and scientific, to school students.
Follow up on education curricula and school curricula.
Participating in following up on a number of laws regulating the rights of workers in Palestinian universities and staff through the dialogue held by workers’ unions with university presidents, during my membership in the union.
Participating in many conferences at home and abroad, and presenting scientific papers in more than one field.
personal life
The poet is married to Mrs. Hoda Abdel Karim Mahmoud, and has two sons (Qasim and Abdullah) and four daughters (Tasneem, Janan, Arwa, and Abrar).
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