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sons. She is the personal assistant to the
managing director and training to be a
shipbroker in drycargo chartering.
Saad Khatib ’01
studied Hospitality
and Tourism Management at LAU. He
traveled with the university to the Ritz-
Carlton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
where he did his industrial training for
four months. He then went to Dubai and
managed the UAE Commandos Chalet
during the Dubai International Airshow.
When the show was over, he worked as a
restaurant Supervisor at the Arabic
restaurant Amaseena at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, Dubai and got promoted to
Restaurant Manager in October 2006.
Rayyane Tabet ’01
just received the
2007 Benjamin Menschell at Cooper
Union and the Ursula Schulz Dornburg
Photography grant for his projects on
the “Trans -Arabian Pipeline” and
“Spaces of Shelter”. Tabet will be working
on these projects for the next year and
will be showcasing them in New York,
Lebanon and Germany.
Joe Harmoush ’01
joined The Cate-
vo Group on April 2007 as Public rela-
tions and Business Development Con-
sultant. He manages and oversees a
diverse list of clients within the Group’s
portfolio. Prior to joining The Catevo
Group, Joe worked for Samsung Middle
East and several large multi-national
companies including Weber Shandwick.
Noura Maktabi ’01
graduated May
with her Double Master’s Degree in
Finance and International Business that
she earned with distinction from Keller
Graduate School of Management of
DeVry University in Chicago. Noura is
currently preparing to take her CFP cer-
tification next year.
Taymour Joumblatt ’01
and
Diana Zeaiter ’01
were blessed with
a baby girl, Sarah, in February.
Laura Berdoyan ’02
graduated with
distinction from The American University
of Beirut in 2005 with a Bachelor’ss degree
in Medical Laboratory Technology. At the
moment, she is enrolled in a master’s pro-
gram in Food Science at The University of
Reading in England. She graduates in Sep-
tember and hopes to return to Lebanon.
Sara Mukallid ’02
graduated from
AUB with a degree in Early Elementary
Education and a Teaching Diploma in
Special Education. She is currently com-
pleting her Master’s Degree in School
Guidance and Counseling at AUB.
Nader Houella ’02
is working as Com-
munication Officer at the Beirut Interna-
tional Marathon Association in Lebanon.
He is also a part of the national “Shadow
Youth Government” as the Shadow Minis-
ter of Finance. “I miss IC,” he said.
Nathalie Tohme ’02
is working at
Libano-Francaise Bank and is studying
at AUB.
Karma Hamady ’03
is in the last year
of Graphic design at AUB and will be grad-
uating in spring. She is currently working
on her final year project. She plans to move
to London at the end of summer to work at
a design studio for a year or two before
applying for a Master’s Degree.
Maher Abdel-Sattar ’03
is finishing
up his studies in Molecular, Cell, &
Developmental Biology (major) and
Human Complex Systems (minor) and
will be graduating from UCLA by the
end of December 2007.
In addition to maintaining leadership
positions in six different clubs on cam-
pus, working in a botany research lab,
and volunteering at a local hospital, he
recently got selected to represent UCLA
by being part of the UCLA Orientation
Staff for this summer. He will be apply-
ing to Pharmacy schools in California as
of the month of June and will hopefully
be attending one starting August 2008.
“I am proud both of my sisters’ high aca-
demic achievements in IC,” he said, “and
I’m glad that they are now enjoying the
same education and experience I had
before coming to the US.”
Maya Doueihy ’03
graduated from
LAU with a BA in Political Science and
International Affairs. She is currently
working for the Lebanese Center for Pol-
icy Studies.
Mohammad Hassan Kara ’03
is at
his last semester at AUB and has applied
to study for his master’s to several univer-
sities in the US and Canada. He also had
several job options open and is in the
process of deciding which road to take.
Ramy Osseiran ’03
graduated from
AUB with distinction in Economics in June
’06 and has moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
to work with HSBC Investment Banking.
Kamal Kayat ’03
graduated with Magna
Cum Laude honors from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University with a Bachelor’s
degree in Aerospace Engineering and a
minor in Mathematics. Starting fall of 2007,