Announcement from ACC

Announcement from ACC

"Expanding Egypt's Tourism Potential: The Little known Coptic Monasteries"

Featuring: Dr. Shaza Ismail Visiting Fulbright Scholar from Cairo, Egypt
9/5/2007

Location: University of Houston Clear Lake Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Forest Room 1418 in the Bayou Building Brown Bag Lunch: Drinks and dessert provided
2700 Bay Area Boulevard Visitor Parking in Reserved Lot R
Houston, Texas 77058

Egypt is known for its pyramids, ancient ruins and other glories from it’s pharonic past. Most people are unaware of Egypt’s rich Christian heritage. The Coptic Egyptians and their history are often overlooked in the tourism guides. This vital part of Egyptian tradition and religious sites represent the world’s first Christians with their customs and rituals preserved as a fascinating window to those early days.

Join us for a journey to that era through a lecture by Egypt’s foremost authority on Coptic heritage.

Dr. Shaza Gamal Ismail is in the US on a Fulbright Scholarship at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is a professor at the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University in Cairo and is an active member of the International Association of Coptic Studies (IACS) and the Association of the Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage. She’s a regular lecturer at Egypt’s prestigious Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management and is member of the American Research Center in Egypt.

For more information on this program contact Tina Halcomb at hadiya.halcomb@gmail.com or call 713-880-8168.
This event is graciously co-sponsored with the University of Houston Clear Lake Office of International Initiatives.
Ezzat Abouleish,M.D.

Unity Day

We have this message from Dr. Nardra Metawy on the Unity Day event that took place at the ACC:

It was our pleasure to participate in Unity Day at the ACC. I would like to present you with some pictures taken throughout the event. A special thanks goes out to the ladies who made this event run so smoothely; Dr. Heba El-Sharkawy, Mrs. Nabila Gomah, Dr. Nahid Abou-Sayed, and Dr. Nadia Salama. The show was initiated on recommendation by the Society's Board

Nadra Metawy.

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For more pictures, please click here

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A HOST FAMILY

The Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau contacted a friend today in an effort to identify a Muslim Family (must be US resident) to host a 17 yrs old blind Egyptian boy for one year.

The Young man’s name is Abdallah and he came as a member of the US State department program where American families host Egyptian youth for one year. I know some of you may have reservations regarding the program, but we are looking for someone to save Abdallah’s situation at this point.

The situation is that the host family that Abdallah was assigned to does not want him. Abdallah is now in a temporary setting until another host family is identified.

The State dept will cover Abdallah school expenses and his pocket money, but no compensation to the host family for food or lodging. A school for the blind in the area will bus him daily to the school and back at no cost to the host family (a school was identified near Blacksburg, and there certainly are many others near other localities).

Abdallah’s preference is to live with a Muslim family as he will be comfortable with the food available to him.

If you or some one else you know is interested to help Abdallah spend his year in the US and learn new things, please reply to Dr. Maha Kamel at ECEB directly, mkamel@eceb.us.
Ezzat Abouleish, M.D.

Welcome Back EAS!!!

Dear Members and Non-members...

We would like to welcome you back from the long hot summer...

Please join us for dinner to share our trips, plans, and experiences the 3rd Saturday of the month...

Where: Dimassi's (Katy Frwy- between Kirkwood
and Wilcrest off the southside
feeder)

When: Saturday, August 18th at 6:00pm

Cost: Everyone pays the same. Prices are subjuect to
Dimassi's prices per adult and child

Come and enjoy the good food and company. We look forward to seeing you there....

Helping an Egyptian-American to Return Home Safely

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I would like to thank you all for the overwhelming response to my request to help an Egyptian-American brother to return home safely. I would like to particularly thank the following members and associations for their generous contribution and support; namely, Dr. Mamdouh Salama, Dr. Ahmed Abou-Sayed, Dr. Ibrahim Abou-Sayed, Mr. Hazem Said, Dr. Ayman Eltaher, Dr. and Mrs. Sherif Zaafran, Dr. Nadra Sabbahi, Dr. Abdulbari Elbanna, Mr. Mursi Sharaf, and Dr. Ezzat Abouleish. My gratitude also extends to these institutions; particularly to the Egyptian Consulate of Egypt at Houston, Ambassador El-Husseini Abdel-Wahab, Consul Khalid Taha, and Mrs. Nabila Gomaa for providing him with passport and necessary documents, and arranging his departures from Houston and New York; the Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer for donating a roundtrip ticket to Egypt on Egyptian Airline; the Muslim Women Society for sharing the price of the ticket and providing him with pocket money; the Al Farouk Foundation for providing him with shelter; Dr. Mohamed Sabbahi for providing him with his daily food and needs.

This incident showed that we need to have an Emergency Fund. The collected funds in excess of our share of the air ticket plus the value of the roundtrip ticket which will be auctioned in our near-future meeting will be set aside for that purpose only, and be separate from the usual accounting of the Society activities.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, this incident is not without positive results. It showed how united the Egyptian American Society is, how Egyptians react in time of need, how big is their hearts, and how a good cooperation between our Society and the Consulate should be. I pray to God to protect you from trouble or put you in a difficult situation or being stranded away from family and home.

May God bless you all.
Ezzat Abouleish,M.D.