Mr. Al-Arabiyat joined the Embassy in Tokyo in August 2023 after serving as the Acting Director of the North American Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates from August 2022.
Prior to that, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington from August 2018 to August 2022. Mr. Al Arabiyat has also held assignments in Cairo, Seoul, and Berlin since his entry into the Foreign Service in 2003.
Mr. Al-Arabiyat holds an MBA from Sejong University in partnership with Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts from Al Yarmouk University, College of Economics.