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University of Manitoba in Winnipeg,
Canada and spent nine years in the gulf,
seven years of which were in Doha- Qatar,
as the general manager of Arab Building
Materials Co. He then moved to the Unit-
ed States where he established Dana
Investments, a real estate development
company which has real estate holdings in
five states. Mohannad resides in Laguna
Beach, CA and has recently ventured into
producing movies. His first Hollywood
production that will be released in the-
aters this fall is AmericanEast: a movie
that tells the story of Arab Americans liv-
ing in the USA post 9/11. The movie
includes stars like Tony Shalhoob (TV
series, Monk), Qais Nashef (Movie, Par-
adise Now), Sara Shahi (HBO series, L
Word) and others. The movie was locked
two weeks ago and is presently competing
in the Berlin Film Festival, and the
Toronto Film Festival. It will be showing
in theaters in the US in the fall and else-
where in the world shortly thereafter.
Patou Fathallah ‘74
is a sculptor liv-
ing in the UK. Her background is in
radio, television and advertising and she
has worked as a producer and casting
director. To see her work go to:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/your-
gallery/artist_profile/a/15083.html
Leila Musfy ’75
is a full Professor and
Chair at the Department of Architecture
and Design at the American University of
Beirut. She was coordinator and director of
the graphic design program at Department
of Architecture and Design (AUB) from
1992 to 2003. She is married to Saeed Awad
since 2000. She works independently on
design projects and/or with her husband.
She was invited to participate in a design
exhibition in Echirolles, France, November
2006, honoring 9 women designers from:
USA, Peru, Colombia, Portugal, Belgium,
Japan, Tcheque, Poland and Lebanon.
Mazin Ghalayini ‘75
married Mari-
am Chanbour in Paris in 1986. They
moved to Jeddah in 1993 where they
remain. They have two children, Fadi,
who is studying international financial
management in France and Tima who
will finish her French BAC at the French
Lycee in Jeddah in 2009. “And yes,” he
says, “some might find it ironic, I was an
“English Section” student, and now my
own kids are in French schools. (sexy-
oniyye :-) I never thought this would
happen, but this is life.”
Gilbert Khoury ’76
has been living in
Dallas, Texas since 1988 and is married
with one child. He works in the freight
business. “I’m enjoying my other IC alum-
ni classmates in Dallas: Henry Abou Arraj
and Marwan Sakr,” he said. “I visit Alumni
friends when traveling the Middle East
especially in Dubai and Jeddah and enjoy
summer class reunions (unofficial) in
Abbey- Lebanon at Samir Ataya. My life
revolves around my IC classmates.”
Hani Qattan ‘77
spent 14 years in
Houston, Texas and returned to England
in July 2005 to be close to his parents. In
late June 2006, he founded a British Char-
ity: Palestine Association for Children’s
Encouragement of Sports: PACES whose
central aim is to promote and encourage
sports among Palestinian children as a
means of getting them off the streets and
into a healthy and productive environ-
ment. Though currently operating only in
Palestine, he plans to expand the activities
to Lebanon and Jordan in the near future.
A very large number of PACES’ contribu-
tors are IC alumni. He is married and has
two daughters and a son.
CLASS OF ’80 – ‘89
Mohamed Shami ‘80
is Senior
Bridge Enginer with the California
Department of Transportation in Sacra-
mento, California.
Kinda Jazzar ’81
lives in Jeddah. She
had two children: Tarek, 12 and Rachad,
7. “I would be glad to get in touch with
my old friends,” she said.
Jinan Varma ‘82
teaches at IC and is
married to Raji Varma. They have two
daughters, Sirena, 16, and Rani, 12.
Cecile Grimes ‘82
has been a U.S.
Probation Officer for the District of
South Carolina for the past 13 years. She
lives in Columbia, South Carolina with
her husband, Jim, and 13 year-old-son,
Ryan Magee.
Imad Baalbaki, Phd, ‘82
is the
Director of Development and External
Relations at AUB.
Mazen F. Youssef ‘82
is the Presi-
dent and CEO of an American company
(Cellogique Corp) involved in develop-
ing cosmetic Surgery centers and distrib-
uting dermatology products.
He is married to Suzan Obagi, MD
(Cosmetic Surgeon) and has three chil-
dren: Fuad 7, Aya, 6, and Tarek,3. Mazen
played soccer for the IC team as a right
wing Jr + Sr Varsity.
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