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��Saad Ahmed Twaissi: Name��

.2/5/1976; )Petra(Wadi Musa :Place and Date of Birth

9761045796 :National Number

Jordanian: Nationality

Tourism and ; Dean of Faculty of Archaeology- :Current Position

Hotel Management, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University ����������

-Director of Center For Nabataean Studies ��

Associate Professor: Academic Rank

56/3/200: Date of Appointment at the University

jo.edu.ahu@twaissi.saad; com .ahooy@76spat: Email Adress

; )2155117-3-00962(work ; )2155774-3-00962(Home : Telephon

-mobile(00962-777675550).

Saad Twaissi: Google search key

Jordan-)Petra(Wadi Musa -)48(Box .O.P: Current Adress

2005)Uk(University of Bradford , in Archaeology PhD: Qualifications

MA in Archaeology, Jordan University-2001(Average 3.82 of 4)

BA in Tourism and Antiquities, Mutah University-1998(Average

80.76%

: ExperienceManagement 1- Dean of Faculty of Archaeology; Tourism and Hotel Management, Al-

Hussein Bin Talal University, 30/6/2010-up to now� ��������� 2-Director of Center for Nabataen Studies, 3/2/2010-up to now 3- Head of the Department of Hotel Management and Tourism (2006- 2009 )���

4-Director and Coordinator of Tour Guiding Program

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:Research Interests - Nabataean Studies - Management of Heritage Site of Tourism Potential - Cultural Resources Management - Tourism and Sustainable Development - Women Empowerment in Tourism - Tour Guiding - Tourism Product Development and Marketing - Pre-Islamic Arabia - Archaeology of Pastoral Nomads (Bedouins) - Classical Archaeology - Archaeology of Northwest Arabia - Social Transformation in Archaeology - Archaeology of Settlement Pattern and land-use �

:CommitteesInternational

1) Member of the First intercessional working Group on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO, UN Geneva) 2) Scientific committee of the International Conference of World Archaeology, Supposed to be held in Jordan in January 2013

:esCommitteNational

1) Member of the High Scientific Committee on Petra. 2) Member of the National committee on supervising and directing the curriculum of tourism in the Ministry of Education, Level 1.

������� 3) Member of the National committee on supervising and

directing the curriculum of tourism in the Ministry of Education, Level 2.��� ��

��:Membership Societies

1) Member of the Arab Forum for Culture and Cultural Interaction, Biat Al-Anbat Member of the Founding Committee of 2) Jordanian Society of Folk Culture

: and Consultation ReportsrojectsSpecial p��

1- Establishing the Database of Nabataean Studies (under Construction)

2- Preparation of the General Concept and Interpretation Materials of the Petra Visitor Center Museum (Minsitry of Tourism, Jordan) ���

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3- Preparation of the Interpretation Material of the Nabataean Civilization displayed in the Jordan National Museum

4- Supervising and directing the curriculum of tourism in the Ministry of Education,

Academic Services and others at the University��

1) Preparation of the 2008 courses plans taught at the Department of Hotel Management and Tourism Services (4 course including: Hotel and Resorts Management; Tourism Services Management, Hotel ������������������������

�� Management/Marketing and Food and Beverage Management)���� 2) Preparation of the 2010 course plan of "Tour-Guiding' course.

3) Preparation of the Tour Guiding Training Program.���

4) Contributing in writing the proposal of the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism. (The Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management now

Accommodating this Chair).������������������

s membershipss council'University��

1) Member of the High Council of the Al-Hussein Bin Talal University for the academic years of 2006\2007; 2009\2010 and 2010/2011. �

�� 2) Member of the council of the Department of Hotel and Tourism

Services Management since 2006-up to now. ��������� 3) Member of the council of the Department of Archaeology since 2005 up to now. ���

4) Member of the High Council of the Center for Nabataean Studies

since 2006-up to now.� ��

:Committees in the University

:Head of committee) A ��� 1) Head of the Committee of the Scientific Research in the Faculty of

Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University �

������������ 2) Head of the Committee of following up the accreditation of the academic courses and programs of the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism ������������������������������� and Hotel Management/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University.

3) Head of committee of Teaching Methods at Faculty of Archaeology,

Tourism and Hotel Management/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University�

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4) Head of the committee for reviewing the applications for the position of Lecturer in International Hospitality in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Services Management.

5) Head of the committee for interviewing the applicants for the position of Lecturer in International Hospitality in the Department of Hotel and

Tourism Services Management. � �� 6) Head of the Committee for reviewing the offers for the University's central contract no 18/2005 concerning the furniture and equipments of the training restaurants in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Services Management. �� 7) Head of the second committee of the Arab World Conference on the Students Training, Held at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University September

2nd-5th 2007.���������� 8) Head of the Committee of evaluating the Academic Staff of the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management from student

perspective, for the academic year 2008/2009. ���� 9) Head of the committee of Emergency and Risk Management at the

Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management. ������������ 10) Head of the Committee of Conferences and Logistic supports at the

Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management. � 11) Head of the committee of receiving the items of the University's central

contract no 18/2005� 12) Head of the committee for "students' behavior correction and university's regulation empowerment and implementation" at the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management for the year

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1) Member of the High Committee for Quality Assurance at Al-Hussein

Bin Talal University. � 2) Member the committee for evaluating the Academic Staff of the Department of Archaeology from students perspective, for the

academic year 2009/1010.�� 3) Member of the Committee for Quality Assurance at the Faculty of

Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel management. �

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4) Member of the committee for scientific researches at the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel management.�

5) Member of the committee of the Museum of the Faculty of

Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel management. �� 6) Member of the committee of the library of the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel management.

7) Member of the organizing committee of the conference on "World Heritage and Education", held in the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism

and Hotel management, November 12th-13th 2007. � 8) Member of the organizing committee of the conference "Water for Life" held the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel management

with collaboration with the UNESCO, Petra May 2nd-7th 2008.��� 9) Member of the committee for supervising the students' field training programs. ��

Modules Taught��

1) The Nabataean Archaeology 2) Petra the World Heritage site 3) Special topic in Nabataean civilization 4) Public Heritage 5) Ancient Pottery 6) Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations 7) Tour Guiding Skills��8) Tour Marketing 9) Tour operating Management 10) Economics of Tourism 11) Therapeutic and curative Tourism 12) Destinations Cultures. 13) Graduation Project 14) Supervisor of Field training in Tourism Services Management 15) Training the trainees of the Tour Guiding Program.

:Conferences and Workshops

1- International Symposium on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and

Traditional Cultural Expressions: Toward Sustainable Development For Indigenous Communities, Saint Petersburg (Russia, October 31st –November 4th 2010).

2- First Workshop of Intercessional Working Group on Intellectual Property and

Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO, UN Geneva July 19-23, 2010)

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3- 7th International Conference on Preservation and Conservation of Cultural

Heritage Held at Petra, Jordan October7th-12th. A paper entitled " Identifying Sources of Threatening Factors Facing the World Heritage Site of Petra"

4- 11TH Intercalation Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan,

Paris (France) May 5th-11th. A paper entitled "Source of Inspiration of the Plan of the Nabataean Mansion at ez-Zantu-Petra: A Space Syntax and Access Analysis Approach��

5- 10TH International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan,

George Washington University, Washington DC (USA), May 5th-12th 2007. A paper entitled "The Identity and Chronology of the Nabataean Painted House at Baidha, Northwest Petra

6- The international training program on museology and museum Management, held at Emirate of Al-'Ain Emirat in the United Arab Emirates,

May 3rd-7tt. I presented tow lectures in the program"� �������� A) The contribution of Museums to the preservation of Cultural ��

Heritage B) The Nabataean Civilization as Indicated by Their Antiquities Displayed in the Jordanian Museums.

7- National Conference on the Future of Sustainable Development at Petra Region, organized by the Arab Forum for Culture and Cultural Interaction, Biat Al-Anbat and the Petra Region Commission Authority, held at Petra, February 17th-18th 2010. A paper entitled as "The Human factors, as a factor threatening the Heritage Site: The World Heritage Site of Petra as a Case Study".

8- National Conference on the Jafer and the Hashemites: History, Culture and Sustainable Development. Held at Jafr city in May 18th 2009. A presentation entitled as "The Tourism Development Potentials in the Jar Region"

9) National Conference on the Hashemites and Jerusalem, Held at Amman in July 17th 2009. A presentation entitled as "Archaeological Excavations

at Jerusalem: Its History, Objectives, Results and Future" � 10) National Conference on Preservation of Tourism Areas from Perspectives of Sustainable Development and Ecology. Organized by Petra International Organization for researches and Studies, held in Petra October 22nd-23rd 2008. A presentation entitled as" The Human Impacts of Cultural Heritage Sites"

���������� 11) International Conference on Challenges Facing the Preservation of

Cultural Heritage Sites, Organized by Yarmuk University, December 5th-7th 2006. A Presentation entitled As "Evaluating the Human Impact on the World Heritage Site of Petra".

National Workshops and Symposiums

1) National Workshop on the Eco effects of the Petra Back Road. Held at Petra October 28th 2010. Organized By the Ministry of Environment and Petra Region Commission Authority. �� 2) Third National Workshop on the Tourism Education and National Curricula. Organized by Jordan National Council for Training, Vocational Education and employment. Amman May 27th 2009.

3) National Meeting for National Institutions and Organizations Concern with Tourism Education and Traing. Minstry of Tourism, Amman Jun 20th 2009.������������

4) National symposium on Enlightning thought: Readings in Amman Message. I gave a lecture entitled "Values of Forgiveness in Amman Meassage". Held at the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel

Mangement, November 11th 2008.��������������

:Training Courses

A training course for the workers in the tourism sectors in Petra on "The Role of the Local Communities in the Preservation of Tourism Sites" Organized by USADID Syhaha, Petra July 27th-August 8th 2010.

(Lecturer and Lecture design of the course).� ������������

:Public Lectures�

1) The relationship between Academic Institutions and Local Communities. A lecture Organized by Petra Region Commission Authority, Petra February 16th 2011.

2) The ecological and Socio-economic impacts of desertification. A Lecture presented in the Workshop on Desertification, organized by the UNESCO office at Amman, Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and

Hotel Management, May 16th-17th 2010�������

3) Management of Cultural Heritage Sites: The World Heritage Site of Petra as a case study. A Lecture presented in collaboration with the Awareness Center of the Arab Forum for Culture and Cultural Interaction, Biat Al-Anbat, Faculty of Archaeology Tourism and Hotel

Management, Petra December 30th 2010.������������ 4) Jordan Tourism: Its Components, Products, Types and economic value. A lecture Presented for the members of Wadi Musa Youth Girls

Center, Petra, July 6th 2009.���� ��������� 5) Contents of Forgiveness Values in Amman Message. A Lecture presented for the members of the Youth Centers of Petra Region, Petra,

August 16th 2009.���������

6) Cultural Heritage: Its Meanings, Contents, Types, Importance and Conservation Methods. A lecture presented at Rufaidah Girl

Schools, Petra April 18th 2008.��� 7) Petra and the Nabataeans. A lecture presented for a high diplomatic delegate from the UK, upon a request from the Jordan

Foreign Ministry. Petra Marriott Hotel October 28th 2007.�������� ��

Publications

• Twaissi, Saad. 2010, The Source of Inspiration of the Plan of the

Nabataean Mansion at ez-Ezantur in Petra: a Space Syntax and Access

Analysis Approach. A paper presented at the 11th conference on the History

and Archaeology of Jordan which held in Paris (Sarbone 1 University), Jun

7th-13th 2010. (Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan vol. 11

forthcoming)

• Twaissi, Saad. 2010, Evaluating the impact of Human Misbehavior on the

world heritage site of Petra. A Paper presented in the conference on “the

Development future of the Petra Region’ organized by Petra Region

Authority, February 16th-17th 2010, Petra Crown Plaza Hotel.

• Twaissi, Saad. 2007. Nabataean Edom: Demographic and archaeological

approaches to modeling sedentarization and regional dynamic, Levant

2007 vol.39. Pp: 143-163.

• Twaissi, Saad. 2007. The Human Factor as a Factor Threats Heritage

Sites: Petra as a Case Study. A Paper presented at the Conference of

Challenges facing Cultural Resources Management Held by the Yarmuk

University 5-7 December 2006/ Petra

• Twaissi, Saad. 2005. Sedentarization of a Nomadic Society in the Ancient

Arab World: the Nabataeans. Archaeology and social transformation in

southern Jordan 4th century BC-2nd Century AD. (PhD thesis 2005 )

• Twaissi, Saad . 2001. Study of the Nabataean Remains Excavated at Wadi

Mousa in 1996. (MA thesis 2001), The Jordan University.

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• Shqairat, Mansour; Abudanh, Fawzi and Twaissi, Saad. 2010. Water

Management and Rock-Cut Cisterns With special Reference to the

Region of Udruh in Southern Jordan. Jordan Journal for History and

Archaeology. Volume IV. No.2. Pp:205-226.

• Abudanh, Fawzi and Twaissi, Saad. 2010. Innovation or Technology

Immigration: The Qanat Systems in the Region of Udruh and Maan in

Southern Jordan. Bulliten of the American Schools of Oriental Research vol

360. pp:67-87.

• Salameen, Zeyad; Twaissi, Saad and Abudanh, Fawzi, 2008. Preleminary

Report on the Archaeological Investigations of as-Sadaqa, Southern

Jordan 2007. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 52, Pp:

397-416.

• Abu-Azizeh, Wael; Twaissi, Saad, Abudanh, Fawzi and Al-Salameen, Adeeb.

(forthcoming). Late Prehistoric Presence in Southern Deseert of Jordan:

5th -3rd Millinnia BC Settlement and Country Planning in Al-

Thulaythuwat Area, in: ROLLEFSON, G. & FINLAYSON, B. (eds.),

Jordan’s Prehistory: Past and Future Research, Amman: Department of

Antiquities of Jordan.

• Shqiarat, Mansour; Twaissi, Saad and Bdour, Amer. Forthcoming. Some

notes on the Medieval Shawbak: Historical and Archaeological evidence

in Anthropological Perspective. In G.Vannini and M. Nucciotti (eds): The

Transjordan in the XII-XIIIc and the Borders of the Medieval Mediterranean.

British Archaeological Review international series 2010. Oxford

��: Other experiences

• January20-Febreuary8, 2008: Director of the second season of the

Thulaythwat Archaeological Survey, conducted by Al-Hussein Bin Talal

University and the French Institute of Archaeology in Amman (IFPO)

• August20-September 13. 2007: Co-Director of the Archaeological

excavations and Survey Project of the Sadaqa region in southern Jordan.

• January20-Febreuary12, 2006: First season of the Thulaythwat

Archaeological Survey, conducted by Al-Hussein Bin Talal University and the

French Institute of Archaeology in Amman (IFPO)

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• 2006-2007: Preparation of the Illustration and interpretation material for the

project of the New Petra Tourist Center, Conducted for the Ministry of

Tourism/Jordan.

• Nov. 2006: Host’s guide for the shooting of “Digging for the Truth: the

mystery of Petra” conducted for the Channel History by the JWM

Productions, LLC (USA). (My role was to talk about the Nabataean

population and the Nabataean water harvesting system) a program published

in March 17, 2007.

• 2000: Assistant archaeologist, Archaeological Survey and Excavations in

Ytim and Magas Aaqaba area project "ASEYM" (University of Jordan and

German Institute for Archaeology)

• 1999: Field archaeologist assistant, Amman Mount of Citadel project

(Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1999: Area supervisor, Elgi archaeological project at Wadi Mousa

(Department of Antiquities of Jordan).

• 1999: Antiquities investigator inside Petra (Petra Region Authority and the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1999: Archaeologist assistant, Qasr el-Bint/Petra archaeological excavation

project (The French Institute for Archaeology in the Near East "IFAPO" and

the Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1998-1999: Field Director of the street of façades excavations and clearance

project/ Petra (Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1998: Assistant archaeologist, Ayl to Jitha and Northern Bayda extension

surveys as part of the archaeological survey following the Wadi Musa Water

supply and waste water project (Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1997-1998: Archaeologist assistant of the Al-Basit Wadi Mousa excavations

(Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1997: Assistant archaeologist of the Khrbit al-Nawafleh/Wadi Mousa salvage

excavations project (Department of Antiquities of Jordan)

• 1994-1996: Trainee student at Safaia/Wadi Mujib excavations (Mu'tah

University).

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