 Mostafa Salameh completing the Seven Summits | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Jordanian / Palestinian - British - Kuwaiti |
| Career | |
| Notable ascents | Seven Summits and Two Poles |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Ruba Abughaida |
| Children | Zaidan Salameh (Seb) , Ayman Salameh, Yacob Salameh, Sami Salameh |
| Parents | Mahmoud Salameh, Feryal Salem |
Mostafa Salameh, OSJ (born June 25, 1970) is a Jordanian - Palestinian mountaineer who has completed the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest in 2008.[1]
Mostafa Salameh is one of only 20 people to ever climb the Seven Summits and conquer the South Pole and the North Pole - known as the ‘Explorers Grand Slam.’ Born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents, it was never Mostafa's intention to become a climber. His mountaineering journey began in 2004 following a vivid dream with spiritual intervention. After dreaming that he was reciting the call to prayer from the world's highest peak, a persistent Mostafa followed his calling and became the first Palestinian-Jordanian to climb Mount Everest in 2008. That was also the year King Abdullah II of Jordan Knighted Mostafa.
Today, he is an Explorer, Inspirational Speaker, Fundraiser and Author. In March 2016, Mostafa published his first book titled ‘Dreams of a Refugee’ with Bloomsbury Publishing. In 2018, it was translated into Arabic. In 2019, Mostafa published “Everest” in Arabic and English, the first of a series of seven children's books about his adventures. In 2021, Mostafa published “Journey of Ascension and Rising" a book in Arabic about the spiritual journey of the mountain. Today Mostafa combines his sporting career with speaking roles. A large part of his time is passionately invested in inspiring and motivating children, youths and adults into realizing their own dreams.
Mostafa acts as a motivational speaker and adventure consultant, addressing youths, corporate management and employees. He focuses on themes such as team building, leadership, motivation and facing personal fears.[2] He names as his role models the philosopher Al Razi, the explorer Ibn Battuta, the philosopher, mathematician, physician and musician Al Kindi and the poet, jurist and theologian Rumi.
In 2012, Mostafa launched the "From the Lowest Point to the Highest Point for Cancer" initiative, where he led a group of 20 individuals to Everest Base Camp in Nepal in April 2013, raising $620,000 for the King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), and again in February 2014, when he led another group of Jordanians to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania raising $1,400,000.00 for the benefit of the KHCC.[3][4] As of 2022, Mostafa has raised US$5.8 million for charitable causes.
