Dr. Mazen Al-Khatib is assistant professor of physical training at the Physical Education Department (Faculty of Arts) at Al-Quds University. He joined the faculty in 2006, after having worked for over ten years at Khadoury University and Hebron University. He was a coach at several sports clubs and teams and founded the Technical Department of the Palestinian Football Association. He worked as secretary general of the Palestinian Olympic Committee. He is the president of the Palestinian Athletics Association and a member of the executive committee of the Arab Athletics Association.