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Hala A. Haidar ’82
is married with
two sons: Ahmad, 10 and Kareem, 8. She
received her BSc in Environmental Sci-
ences in 1985 (AUB) and a MPH in 1994
(AUB). She lives in Dubai and is cur-
rently the Assistant Director for Techni-
cal Affairs of Health Education Central
Dept. at the Ministry of Health.
Nadim Jaroudi ’83
had his first
baby, Saeb Adam, on December 20th in
Geneva. Mother and baby are doing
great and settled back in Dubai.
Rula Freiji-Mouawad ’83
and her
husband, Dani, are both pediatricians
and are running their own practice in a
small city in Louisiana. They have
obtained their waiver and green cards
and are now citizens. They have four
children: Dalia, 6, Rania, 4, Michael, 2,
and a newborn baby boy. “I had the
dream of having my children attend IC,
however the Lebanese politics has inter-
fered and we are in the United States,”
she said. “My husband and I pray that
the situation changes and many IC
alumni and other school alumni will
return to live in Lebanon”.
Fouad Osseiran ’84
has been living in
Valencia, Spain since 1985. He studied
physiotherapy and spinology in Valencia
and has opened his own clinic, a gym and
rehabilitation center. He also owns a Span-
ish restaurant and works with his brother,
Hassan, ’86
. He recently got married to
Mariane Maasri ’94
who used to
work at IC until last January. They are
currently waiting for their first baby.
Elie Kawkabani ’84
has been living
in Los Angeles since graduating from IC.
He received a BS in Business Adminis-
tration in 1988 and an MBA in 1990
from the University of Southern Califor-
nia (USC) in Los Angeles.
He married Carole Sfeir in 1992 and has
two children: Marc, 11, and Maya, 9.
He is currently the founder and presi-
dent of REACH Media, a California Cor-
poration that distributes and markets
foreign language television channels in
the US, including LBC, Future TV, Al
Jazeera, MBC, Al Arabiya, and all other
Arabic channels in the US.
“I would love to hear from my IC
friends,” he said. “You can contact me at
Lallous@aol.com”.
Ziad Iskandar ‘85
is married with
three children and lives in Greenwich
Connecticut. He is the Managing Direc-
tor RBS Greenwich Capital
Hania Nakkash Chmaisse ‘85
fin-
ished her MSc. in Human Physiology at
AUB and got her PhD in Human Physi-
ology from the University of New South
Wales in Sydney Australia. She lives in
Beirut and is teaching at the Beirut Arab
University and has been doing so for the
past eleven years. She was recently pro-
moted to Associate Professor. She is
married to a civil engineer, Talal Chm-
maisse, and has two daughters and a son.
Mazen Daher ‘86
is married to
Rania Zbib, his “soul mate, since 2002”.
They have two children Yara, 3, and
Karim, 1. They are currently living in
Dubai where he holds the post of region-
al director for Globalis International.
“Our dream and wish is to return back
to Lebanon,” he said, “and have our kids
study and graduate from IC”.
Sami Ahmad Addam ‘88
is a
licensed ship’s Captain who served all his
sea service on Oil Tankers. After com-
pleting his Master’s of Science in Mar-
itime Safety Administration (from World
Maritime University –Sweden) with hon-
orable mention in Nov. 1998, and after
completing his Captain’s License [inter-
national trade/unlimited voyage/ unlim-
ited tonnage], he left sailing and worked
ashore in Lebanon in Technical Ship
Management up to 2003. In August 2003,
he was assigned to a leading French Off-
shore Oil Company in UAE to establish
its Marine Dept., and was appointed as
its Marine Superintendent. Two years lat-
er, he was appointed as Marine Manager
managing all of the company’s fleet of 4
DP Class 2 - Diving support vessels.
He is also an elected member in the Inter-
national Seabed Authority Technical/Legal
committee serving a five year term ending
in 2007. He recently received an apprecia-
tion letter from its Secretary General for
inputs and technical opinions provided to
the organization. “I am proud of being an
IC Alumnus”, he said. “In IC and at home,
I have been educated and trained to deliv-
er the highest quality of output and target
added value, and that trait definitely has
helped me in being successful and distin-
guished in society. I send my warmest
gratitude and regards to my IC teachers,
principals and all current staff.”
Ghassan Tabanji ‘88
had a baby
girl, Marianne, on November 14, 2006.
CLASS OF ’90 – ‘99
Nizar Al Husseini, ‘90
graduated
from AUB in 1995 with a BA in PSPA. In
1996, he traveled to Jeddah, KSA and
Joined ALJ as a management Trainee.
Today, he is the Regional Sales Director
MENA for Lamb Weston. He got mar-
ried to Lubna Choucair (AUB class of
1995) in 1998 and has two children: Yas-
mina, 6, and Ghanem, 3.