E.A.S.: March 2011

My Dear friends,

The Egyptian American Society is undergoing phenomenal change inspired by the revolution that changed Egypt...and reminded us to Raise our head up high...We Are Egyptians.

The EAS Board has received suggestions regarding expanding the scope of the Egyptian American Society to be more than just a social organization. We had excellent discussions with groups in Houston focusing on looking at a comprehensive role for Egyptians in the Greater Houston area. The EAS board met and we agreed that we should work on merging into one large group. We are currently reviewing the bylaws and looking at possible updates to achieve our goals.

We will be meeting this Sunday, 3/6/11, at the ACC, from 3 to 5 pm, to continue our discussions towards formulating our new expanded group. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussions and participate in the proposed creation of this new great organization. We will keep everyone updated as we move forward.

Below is the email from Mostafa Borahay to the rest of their group also informing of our aspiration to join forces.

Also, keep in mind that we are now intent on holding our "Celebrating Freedom - Egyptian Style" on March 26th from 5 to 9 pm. We want to have the largest showing of Egyptians in the history of Houston. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

God bless Egypt and God bless the USA

Sherif Zaafran

President, Egyptian American Society

Dear friend,

Here is few updates:

1. Please, note that date and time of meeting has been changed to:
Sunday 3/6/11 3-5 PM
Location: same
Arab American Cultural and Community Center.
10555 Stancliff Road
Houston, Tx 77099

2. Yesterday, some of us had a meeting with the board of the Egyptian American Society. The agreement is to form one new organization for Egyptians in greater Houston area.

3. We strongly encourage each of you to inform your family members, friends... especially youth, to join us. One of the lessons of the Egyptian revolution is unity. Together, with large numbers, we can achieve far more than what we can do individually.

4. For this upcoming Sunday meeting, committees are expected to start discussing specific proposals. Please, prepare your proposals, forward them to me to get them for discussion.

Committees formed last meeting [L=lead];
Committees are expected to grow this upcoming meeting.
Leading persons in committees, please communicate with your members and prepare proposals for discussions,

1. CULTURAL:

Lillian Gaber (L)
Tony Najjar
Samia Khalil
Rahmans
Mona Ghazi
Dalia Teima
Sandra Yacoub

2. ECONOMIC:

Hani Khalil (L)
Waseem Shaaban

3. SCHOLASTIC:

Nabil Ahmed (L)
Lilian Gaber
Nadia Sharkawi
Rahmans
Osama Gaber

4. POLITICAL:

Waleed Gaber (L)
Mostafa Borahay
Farid Shawky

5. MEDIA:

Tarek Ghazi (L)
Hany Khalil
Mohamed Ismaeel

Please, extend this invitation to your friends.

Link to facebook event invitation:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143026039095500

Link to Egyptians for change and beyond in Houston facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptians-for-Change-and-Beyond-Houston/164793513567705

We are all excited about this activity. Success depends on active involvement of each Egyptian in Houston area.
Please, ask your interested friends and family members to forward their emails to me to be added to the mailing list.

See you all there.

Best regards,
Mostafa Borahay.

E.A.S.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ACC CULTURAL NIGHT‏

Proposed Expanding of EAS