Biography
Eli Amir (Hebrew: אלי עמיר; Arabic:ايلى عمير) (September 26, 1937) is an Iraqi-born Israeli writer and civil servant. He served as director general of the Youth Aliyah Department of the Jewish Agency. Amir was born Fuad Elias Nasah Halschi in Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1950, and went to school in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek. He is now living in Gilo, Jerusalem.
Amir studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
From 1964 to 1968 he served as adviser on Arab affairs to the Prime Minister of Israel, and as envoy for the Minister of Immigration Absorption of Israel to the United States. In 1984, he was appointed Director General of the Youth Aliyah department of the Jewish Agency.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-09-26 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceBaghdad, Iraq
CitizenshipsIsrael
ResidencesGilo, Israel
Awardshonorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, Yigal Allon Prize, Brenner Prize, Yakir Yerushalayim
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