Ramadan Kareem

Dear Muslim Members,

Please see below the Congratulations sent from President Mubarak and Ambassador Husseini to the Egyptian Muslim Community for the blessed month of Ramadan.

With EAS Best Regards and Wishes.

RAMADAN KAREEM

THE BOARD AND I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY RAMADAN!!


Ezzat Abouleish


N.B. The painting is by E.A. , oil and acrylic on canvas (30"x40").

CONGRATULATIONS FOR RAMADAN FROM PRESIDENT MOBARAK AND AMBASSADOR ABDELWAHAB!!!
We received these congratulations through The Consulate of Egypt. We thank them for their sincere feelings and wish them the same.
The Board and Members.

Alf Mabrouk to El-Kadi and Abou-Sayed Families

Our member Mohamed Islam Al-Kadi and Yusra Abou-Sayed were joined last Sunday August. May Allah bless the newly wed. We tell them: Barak Allah Lakoma wa barak alikuma wa jama binakoma ala khair.

To the parents we say Alf Alf mabrouk.

EAS members and BOD.

ALF MABROUK TO ZAAFARAN FAMILY!!!!

Tara and Dr. Sharif have been blessed by their third baby "Mariam". We all congratulate you and the grandparents.

In Memoriam...Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish, the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile and occupation, died today, Saturday, following an open heart surgery at a Houston hospital. He was 67.

The Palestinian poet was born in the village of Birwah, Galilee, in 1941. Following the 1948 war, the Israelis demolished the village and the family became refugees. As result of this experience, exile and dispossession became major themes of his writing.

Darwish has received several awards for his work, including the 1969 Lotus Prize by the Union of Afro-Asian Writers, the Lenin Peace Prize in 1983, and France's Knighthood of Arts and Belles Lettres in 1997. Many of his heroic poems have become popular as songs. His work has been translated into more than 20 languagesPrayer

A prayer service will be held tomorrow, Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. at
ISGH Main Center -East Side3110 Eastside StreetHouston, Texas 77098713-524-6615 http://www.isgh.org/

Darwish will be flown to his beloved Palestine where he will be buried.

Please Join the ACC for A Memorial Service & Tributeorganized by the Palestinian American CommunitySunday, August 10, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.at ACC10555 Sttancliff RoadHouston, TX 77099For more information, call Kamal Khalil at 281-827-5934

May God bless his soul and give comfort and patience to his family