EAS November Meeting and New Board

The Society meeting on November 22 was exciting and eventful. Close to 100 members, families and friends attended the meeting at Cafe Layal. The meeting started with a social and dinner, followed by an informative talk by Dr. Abouleish on "Historic Mosques, Churches, and Synagogues of Egypt."

As required by the Society's bylaws, the meeting culminated with the election of a new Board members for Society for the following two years (2009-2010). The chair of the election committee, Dr. Mohammed Sabbahi, introduced the nominees, who presented their visions on the future of the Society. Dr. Sabbahi presided over the voting process, and, at the end of the meeting, announced the election results, as follows:

President: Vice President: Treasurer/Secretary: Member at Large: Member at Large: Member at Large: Member at Large:

Dr. Ibrahim Abou-Sayed Dr. Gamal Hassan Ms. Dina El-Deeb Ms. Mona Ghazi Dr. Ahmed Hassan Mr. Makram Asaad Dr. Ayman Eltaher

Dr. Abou-Sayed gave his acceptance speech on behalf of the elected Board, where he commended Dr. Abouleish and the current Board for their efforts to advance the Society. Dr. Abou-Sayed also emphasized the non-sectarian nature of the EAS and asked for assistance from all members of the society in pushing forward the Society's agenda and mission for the next two years.

the Board encourages all Egyptian Americans living in Greater Houston to join the Society and show solidarity for the wellfare of the community and mother land.

Obituary

With great sorrow, we have received the news that Mr. Bill Nash, the husband of our sister Wigdan, has passed away. The EAS Board would like to extend their sincere condolences to the surviving family members.

We would also like to extend our sincere condolences to Suzy Mustafa for the passing away of her sister Hoda, and wish for her and her sister's surviving family the patience in coping with the great loss.

May Allah bless the souls of the deceased and reward them for their good deeds.

Lecture on Islamic Arts

We have received the following message from Dr. Leoni, the assistant curator of the Arts of the Islamic World in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston:

Good morning Dr. Abouleish

I hope this email finds you well. As I promised you when we met, I would like to bring you to your attention a lecture that I will be giving at the MFAH on November 13^th at 5 pm.

I am attaching the flyer below for more details.

Please feel free to forward it to all the people (friends, relatives, etc.) who may be interested in the Islamic initiative at the MFAH and who are willing to hear more about future plans.

I look forward seeing you there.

Best wishes,

Francesca

Dr. Francesca Leoni Assistant
Curator of the Arts of the Islamic World,
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826
Phone: 713-639-7818 Fax: 713-639-7395
Email: fleoni@mfah.org

We received this message from Dr. Ahmed Ahmed, Member of the Board of Directors GIC and Professor UTMB:

Dear Dr. Abouleish,

I am writing to you to follow up on the progress of the devastation and recovery after hurrican IKE . Please find included a link to several videos showing the impact of Ike and our response in Galveston Islamic Center. also please find attached a revised copy of our report.

We are desperat to your response and feedback.

Best personal regards.

Ahmed

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=elbeshlawi2007&view=videos

We also have this message from Dr. Ezzat Abouleish, President of EAS:

DEAR MEMBER,PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHMENT AND LINK SITE TO APPRECIATE THE DEGREE OF THE DEVASTATION. THE GREAT EXPENSE FOR RESTORATION THE DIRECT TRANSFER OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE BANK, AND THE URGENCY OF DOING SO. WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, THE DAMAGE WORSENS.MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR " TAAMEER MASAGED ALLAH".

Ezzat Abouleish,M.D.

EAS November Function

Dear EAS Members,

It is the time again to elect our new board memebers. As requested by the Election Committee, please convey your intent for nomination to the chair of the committee, Dr. Mohammed Sabbahi @ (281) 748-9109. Voting will be in the Society's November function.

We are pleased to announce that the function will also include a talk by His Excellency Ambassador ElHusseini Abdelwahab, Consul General of Egypt in Houston. The
talk will be on Jamal Abdel-Nasser.

Place	Cafe Layal restaurant (open buffet from a variety of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines)
Date and Time	Saturday, November 22 at 6:00 pm
Cost	Free for Members; $14 for Adult Guests (inclusive of tax and tip)
Meeting Agenda	6:00pm Arrival and Social 6:30pm Welcome (Dr. AboulEish) and EAS budget (Mr. Elshahawi) 6:40pm Dinner 7:40pm Lecture (Ambassador Abdelwahab) 8:40pm Election of Board Members for 2009 (Dr. Sabbahi) 9:30pm Adjourn