 End June 2015, he started together with other international consultants a consulting group called GRIP.Consulting www.grip.consulting

In 1995 he helped to establish a rehabilitation program in Chechnya targeting Chechen children who have been injured and traumatized in the war.In 1995, he co-founded the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG), a Palestinian NGO specializing in tours and pilgrimages.In 1996 he left Palestine to work in Central Asia for several years, helping to develop the NGO sector there.