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To Saudi Arabia, April ’07
We started off our trip in Al-Khobar and
stayed at board member,
Mr Fouad
Maalouf ’s ’56
, home. The next day, we
met with
Mr Samir Albnali ’78
.
That same day,
Mr Maalouf
hosted a
lunch attended by 20 alumni and friends.
In the evening, we met with
Mr Khaled
al Turki ’56
and his wife, Sally, in their
home where we talked about the capital
campaign and campus plans.
In Riyadh,
Mr Saoud Shawaf ’56
hosted
us for lunch. And in the evening,
Mr
Riad Mourtada ’61
threw a small dinner
attended by several alumni.
We also visited King Faisal School where
we discussed mutual interests.
We also met with
Prince Turki Al-
Sudayri ’58
, who is now the head of the
Human Rights Commission in Saudi
Arabia and
Mr Sami El Saif ’74
. Future
plans for IC were discussed at full length.
We then flew to Jeddah where we met
with
Mr Saeed Hatlani ’72, Mr Samir
Kreidieh ’65, Mr Henry Sarkissian, Mr
Mohammed Basamah ’65, and Mr Mu’-
taz Al Sawwaf ’69
.
Mr Saeed Hatlani ’72
hosted a lunch for
us attended by
Mr Nabil Al Zaben ’68,
Mr Nader Al Zaben ’72, Mr Samir Krei-
dieh ’65 and Mr Saeed Baarma ’70
.
In the evening,
Mr Nafez al Jundi
host-
ed a dinner at his home.
A special thanks goes to
Mr Hatlani
and
Mr Kreidieh
who went out of their way
to be with us at all times.
To Jordan, March ‘07
First on our agenda was attending a love-
ly alumni dinner hosted by
Mr Issa Hal-
abi ’78 and his wife, Louise
, at their
home attended by over 30 people.
The next day, Board
Member Mr Saeed
Darwazah ’76
hosted a lunch attended by
Mr Mahmoud Malhas ’53, Mr Isam Sal-
fiti ‘61, Mr Ali Husry ’75, Mr Issa Hal-
abi ’78
. We discussed the future plans of
IC and the capital campaign.
On Sunday night, we were invited to a small
dinner given by
Ms Salma Jaouny ’91
.
Dinner at the Halabi residence in Jordan attended by Board Member Saeed Darwazah ’76 and friends
Left: John Johnson, Aida
Shawaf, Saoud Shawaf ’56,
Riad Mourtada ’61 and Moufid
Beydoun ’64
Below: Samir kreidieh ’65, Moufid Beydoun ’64, Nehmeh Tohme and John Johnson
John Johnson,
Faysal al Bassam ’55,
Jassim Buallay ’58
and Fouad Maalouf ’56