title: Hossam AlJabri
text: # Hossam AlJabri
  
  Hossam AlJabri (Arabic: حسام الجابري) is an activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims. He is the former Executive Director of a national Muslim organization, the Muslim American Society. He is the former president of the Muslim American Society – Boston Chapter, and a trustee of the Interreligious Center on Public Life (ICPL). He is a signatory of the "Building a Community of Trust" declaration of peace, affirming a positive relation between Jews and Muslims and the right of both people to live and prosper in Israel/Palestine. AlJabri is a speaker in national conferences, such as the MAS-ICNA national conventions.
  
  ## Biography
  
  AlJabri migrated from Egypt to the US at the age of 12. He holds an Engineering degree, an MBA and a certificate in Nonprofit Strategic Management from Harvard University. He studied Islamic studies with traditional scholars, and in the Islamic American University, the American Open University, and Boston University.
  
  ## Community service
  
  AlJbari serves on the following boards:
  
  * Board of Directors, Muslim American Society Boston Chapter , and ISB Cultural Center.
  * Board of Trustees, the Interreligious Center on Public Life (ICPL).
  * Board of Directors, Common Ground.
  * Board of Advisors, RUAH.
  * Board of Advisors Harvard University, Islam in the West Project, Boston Muslims Survey.
  
  AlJabri is an alumnus of the FBI Citizens Academy and a member of BRIDGES forum, bringing law enforcement agencies and community leaders together for better understanding and service.
  
  ## Imam, Khatib
  
  AlJabri is a regular Imam and Khatib, delivering the Friday Sermon in the following mosques and universities in Massachusetts:
  
  * ISBCC , Roxbury.
  * Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland
  * Islamic Center of New England, Sharon
  * Islamic Society of Boston, Cambridge
  * Harvard University, Cambridge
  * Boston University, Boston
  * Longwood Medical Center, Boston
  * MGH, Boston
  * Al-Huda Society, Revere
  * Islamic Center of Burlington, Burlington
  