Rev. Fahed Abuakel

At four years of age, Fahed Abuakel was driven from his home in Palestine by the Zionist terrorists driving the nakba. He graduated from high school in the holy land before migrating to the United States in 1966 to attend Columbia Theogical Seminary in Decatur Georgia. After travels and student preaching opportunities in Florida and Michigan, he returned to Atlanta where spent a career at the First Presbyterian Church in Midtown Atlanta. In 2002, he was named by his peers as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and was instrumental in efforts which resulted in his national church divesting their retirement funds from the Occupation.