Khouloud Daibes
Khuloud Khalil Daibes, also transliterated as Khouloud D'eibes, is a Palestinian architect and former politician and diplomat. She was born on 16 April 1965 in Jerusalem.
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Khouloud Daibes

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- Name
- Khuloud Khalil
- Birth Name
- Khuloud Khalil Daibes
- Born
- 16 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Zababdeh, West Bank
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- Palestine
- Education
- Leibniz University Hannover
- Languages
- Arabic
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Khuloud Khalil Daibes, also transliterated as Khouloud D'eibes, is a Palestinian architect and former politician and diplomat. She was born on 16 April 1965 in Jerusalem.
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• Name — Khuloud Khalil • Birth Name — Khuloud Khalil Daibes • Born — 16 April 1965 • Birthplace — Zababdeh, West Bank • Occupation — Architect • Office — Minister of Tourism and Antiquities • President — Mahmoud Abbas • Term Start — 2007 • Term End — 2012 • Successor — Rula Maayah
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Khuloud Daibes holds a PhD in Architecture from University of Hannover in Germany. She was the Director of the Center for Preserving Cultural Heritage in Bethlehem. She was also a lecturer in the Tourism Masters Program at Bethlehem University. For 15 years, she was involved with many Palestinian and international organizations dealing with cultural heritage and tourism in the Palestinian Territories.
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She served as the Tourism Minister in the Palestinian National Unity Government of March 2007 and successive Palestinian Authority emergency governments until 2012, and from 2007 to 2009 also as Minister of Women's Affairs. In July 2013, Daibes became the representative of the Palestinian mission in Germany.

Official welcome ceremony. With President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
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Visit of the ambassador of Palestine to Germany Dr. Khouloud Daibes in the town hall of Cologne
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Khouloud Daibes born at Jerusalem.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Khouloud Douaibess and Khuloud Khalil Daibes. Her recorded language was Arabic. She was employed by Bethlehem University. Recorded positions include ambassador of Palestine to Germany and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities. She belonged to The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine.
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