Bernard Sabella currently serves as the executive secretary of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches as well as an elected member of the Palestinian legislature. In 2006, he was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council's Christian quota seat representing the city of Jerusalem.
He has retired from a career as a professor of sociology at Bethlehem University in Palestine, where he taught for over 25 years. His academic interests focus on Palestinian Christians and questions of identity and other challenges, including emigration. He is highly engaged in interchurch and interfaith relations. Relishing his roles as father and grandfather, Dr. Sabella lives in Jerusalem with his wife Mary.
Among his books are:
A Life Worth Living: The Story of a Palestinian Catholic
Jerusalem Religious Aspects
Out of Jerusalem: Christian Voices from the Holy Land
Bernard Sabella
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