Born in Jerusalem, Israel to a prominent Palestinian family that served as custodians of King David’s mausoleum in Mount Zion,[2] Dajani completed his early studies at Collège des Frères and attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received a B.A.

[citation needed] Dajani is former Vice President of Middle East and North Africa at Internews, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

[3] In 2006, Dajani launched the Mosaic Intelligence Report, a weekly video analysis broadcast on Link TV and distributed online.

He has also worked as producer and in an editorial capacity on several television productions, including Occupied Minds (a documentary about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict),[4] Who Speaks for Islam?,[5] and PBS Frontline World War of Ideas, where he acted .

[7] Dajani has made guest appearances on numerous television and radio networks, and is a contributor to the Listening Post on Al Jazeera English.