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To Dubai and Abu Dhabi, May ‘07
We arrived in Dubai to attend a wonderful
dinner at the Boustan Rotana Hotel organ-
ized by
Mr Elias Hanna ’61
, the head of
the IC Alumni Dubai chapter and his wife,
Souad
. More than 220 people attended.
We brought with us – all the way from
Beirut – the attraction of the evening:
Ms
Yasmina Sabbah ‘06
and
Mr Amir Hay-
dar ’05
. The young alumni entertained
the guests with their wide repertoire of
songs. Guests were also taken down mem-
ory lane when various pictures of IC were
shown on large screens. I (John)
addressed guests and talked about the
financial aid program and future plans for
IC.
Mr Hanna
also talked about the IC
spirit and ways and means to help IC.
We then drove to Abu Dhabi to attend
another wonderful dinner hosted by IC
friend,
Mr Albert Matta
, and organized
by
Farid Fakherdine ‘85
, the head of the
Abu Dhabi chapter. The dinner was held
at al Birkeh restaurant and was attended
by 70 people. I (John) also gave a speech
about IC and plans for the future.
The next day, IC parent,
Mr Samer
Qiblawi
, hosted a lunch attended by 18
alumni and friends.
Samer Qiblawi hosts a luncheon in Abu Dhabi
Sawsan Fahoum Jaafar ’71, John Johnson, Dr Winfred Thomson, Chancellor of the American University of Sharjah and Hamid Jaafar
Souad and Elias Hanna ’61
Amir Haydar ’05 and Yasmina Sabbah ’06