He moved with his family to the West Bank in the 1990s following the signing of Oslo Accords to become involved in developing the economy of the future Palestinian state.

[1] He graduated from Youngstown State University in 1989 with a degree in computer technology, and subsequently worked for several American software firms, before moving to the West Bank in 1995.

[2] Since relocating to the West Bank, Bahour has been involved in numerous business development initiatives.

He also founded several private businesses, and was part of a plan to open a Western-style shopping center in the West Bank.

[3][4] On 6 April 2021, Bahour, along with American-Israeli professor Bernard Avishai, addressed J Street on the topic of the confederation model for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.