Afif Baba came to the U.S. at the young age of 5. After his family decided to settle down in San Francisco, Afif became highly involved in the Arab community in the Bay Area. He began helping at Palestine Day at the age of 17 as the youth president of the Ramallah Club. He then went on to become the Young Adults president to now the President of the Ramallah Club of San Francisco for the last 11 years. Afif prides himself on always going out of his way to help the churches and other Arab organizations in the community. Having started his own construction company in 1980, it has helped Afif take on a leadership role both at work and in the Arab community and has given him a voice to speak for the Palestinian people.

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Daoud Eid immigrated to the U.S. from Palestine in 1966 with only a sixth-grade education and all of $5 to his name. Three days later, he began work selling tapestries door to door before buying his first store in San Francisco in the early 1970s. Over the years, he has owned a variety of stores and gas stations and worked remodeling homes for resale. His seven children and 33 grandchildren describe him as smart, charming, well-respected and generous in his work helping Palestinians in the Bay Area and abroad as part of the PLO.

Randa Shatara was born and raised in Damascus Syria, where she received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Damascus University. In 1982, she immigrated to the U.S., and studied Computer Programming and worked at the Arab Culture Center in San Francisco, where she became engrossed in the Arab community in the Bay Area and abroad. Randa’s involvement in the community includes the Association of the Arab-American University Graduates, which she served as president between 1985 and 1986, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimation Committee, where she served as a board member from 1983 to 1987. From 1988 to 2014, she concentrated both on raising up three happy, successful children and focusing on her career while continuing to participate in community organizations as time allowed. In 2014, she once again took a leadership role in the community when she was invited to be a board member at large with PAC-SF to help with the renewed Palestine Cultural Day. She continues to be a dedicated member of the Arab community in the Bay Area.

Fuad Atyeh came to the U.S. in 1969 and studied business administration at San Francisco City College and San Francisco State University. He later returned to City College to teach small business management and also founded the Arab Grocers Association, later serving as president of that group. Over the years, he owned and operated several retail and wholesale businesses. He helped to organize and participated in the very first Palestinian Cultural Day. Under San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan, he served on the Small Business Commission as well as the Hate Crime Commission under District Attorney Arlo Smith. He co-founded the Palestinian American Congress and served as national president for two terms. He served as president and on the board of trustees of the Arab Cultural Center and is a member of the Palestinian National Council. He and his wife have five children and seven grandchildren.