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SUMMER
2012
and the Chairman of Hawa Akkar SAL.
Hawa Akkar is hoping to develop
Lebanon’s first commercially viable wind
farm, with a capacity of 60 MW (enough
at its peak to provide electricity for 60
000 consumers).This project will provide
clean electricity to the national grid and
create jobs for the area of Akkar, all this
at competitive rates for the Lebanese
government.They are now waiting for
the Lebanese government to issue the
required licenses in order to make this
project a reality in 2013.
“It was in James Sullivan’s art class, some
long time ago, that I was thought how to
build a wind chime,” he writes. “Un-
beknown to me then, that this experi-
ence will lead me into trying to develop
Lebanon’s first commercial wind project.
Albert received his bachelor’s degree in
commerce from Canada then got his
masters In Shipping Trade & Finance
from City University, London. He is
married to Nour Khoury and the father
of Leila. She will be joining IC soon to
become the third generation of the family
to do so.
‘95
Fadi Mirza
graduated from the Ameri-
can University of Beirut with a medical
degree in 2002. He then relocated to
the United States where he pursued a
residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
at Tufts University in Boston, MA. He
subsequently joined Columbia University
in New York, NY, where he completed a
3-year Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow-
ship, accumulating additional expertise in
the management of high-risk pregnan-
cies and specialized prenatal ultrasound.
Following his graduation, he joined the
faculty of Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons and cared for
patients at Columbia University Medical
Center.This year, Fadi was recruited to
join the faculty of the American Univer-
sity of Beirut, where he practices Obstet-
rics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal
Medicine at the American University of
Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC). He
currently lives in the vicinity of IC with
his wife, Lama, and 5 year-old son, Jad,
who attends IC.
‘98
Samer Chebaro
got married on April 27,
2012 to Lina Zein.They live in Beirut.
‘99
Akaber Halawi
received a B.S in Biol-
ogy (2002), Medical Doctor (2006), and
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
(2011) at the American University of
Beirut.This year, he finished a Fellowship
in Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus Dis-
ease at the University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics (2012). He will be doing
another fellowship in Advanced Rhinol-
ogy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery at
the Northwestern University, Chicago,
Illinois (2012-2013). He is a member
of the American Rhinology Society,
Women of Otolaryngology, and Arab
Rhinology Society.
Dima Zogheib
graduated from AUB in
2004 in Landscape Design and Eco-
Management. She worked in Beirut for
two years then moved to London in
2006 to pursue her Masters degree in
City Design and Social Science at the
London School of Economics and Po-
litical Science. She still lives in London
and works as a Senior Landscape Ar-
chitect in the Urbanism and Landscape
department at Arup.
‘00
ZiadTaha
has lived in France since
September 2001. He graduated with a
Masters of Science in Micro-Electronics
in 2005 from Université de Lyon and
received another Masters in Electrical
Engineering from Institut National de
Sciences Appliquées de Lyon in 2007. He
currently lives in Montrouge next to Paris
and works for Dassault Systèmes as a
Software Engineer in Product Life Cycle
Management. “I miss my IC student days
and I am so proud that Mrs. Taha is still
teaching there,” he writes.
Please find attached a picture from IC
Prom 2000.
‘02
Hassan Makkouk
moved to Australia in
2003 but is moving back to the northern
hemisphere after being accepted to the
University of Oxford to undertake an
MBA.
Sara Mukallid
and Amine Hammoud
would like to share with you the news of
their wedding on July 10th, 2012 in Biel.
JadTabbara
received his MBA in July
2009 from the Solvay Business School in
Brussels, Belgium. He is currently working
in Abu Dhabi with PwC. In September
2009, he married Reef Al Mokadem.The
couple has an adorable baby daughter, Ju-
lia, who was born on 16 December 2010.
‘03
Maher Abdel-Sattar
moved to Cali-
fornia and graduated from UCLA in
2007 with a major in Molecular, Cell,
& Developmental Biology and a minor
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