Farouq Habib

Program Director, Mayday Rescue

Biography

(AKA: Abo Saleem) is 34 years old and a leading civilian revolutionary activist from Homs, Syria. Farouq was instrumental in the formation of the Homs Revolutionary Council and the Homs Quarters Union. He is a banker by training and his position. He holds a bachelors degree in economics, a diploma in international commerce, a masters degree in banking and finance and a doctorate in business administration. He is the founding director of Emissa organization, a Syrian civil society NGO working in Homs to provide humanitarian aids for people in besieged areas.
Farouq is the Syria Program Manager at Mayday Rescue Foundation, NGO channels support and work closely with to Syria Civil Defense (AKA the White Helmets).

Expertise

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