The Arab Thought Forum (Arabic: ملتقى الفكر العربي; also known as Al-Multaqa[1]) was a Palestinian civil society organization active in the fields of politics, development, and the arts.
[2][3][4][5] Arab Thought Forum was founded in Jerusalem in 1977 and was closely affiliated with the National Guidance Committee; it was also generally considered supportive of the PLO.
[2] The Forum aimed to "resist relations of dependence imposed by Israel on the Palestinian economy.
[2] In later years, its areas of focus have been described as including "the future of Jerusalem, democratization and nation building, and development.
"[2] Leading figures in the original formation of the Forum included Mahdi Abd al Hadi and Ibrahim Dakkak.