His father, Abd al-Rahim al-Gharaibeh, took on trading as a means of livelihood and, along with his brother, played a key role in establishing the first industrial carpentry in Irbid during the early 1940s, importing machinery from Haifa.

[2] During his time at the University of Jordan, Fawzi Al-Gharaibeh married one of his students, and together they have three children: two daughters and a son named Ahmed.

[2] Al-Gharaibeh prefers not to be labeled as a liberal, instead advocating for a worldview characterized by adaptability and the dynamic evolution of ideas, rather than rigid ideologies.

[3] Fawzi al-Gharaibeh's career spanned academic and administrative positions, starting as an assistant professor and eventually becoming president of the University of Jordan.

[4] al-Gharaibeh's commitment to academia was evident in his promotions, rising to full professorship in 1981 and later becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.