EAS February Meeting

The EAS Board would like to thank all who came with the positive feedback on our last meeting. The meeting was a success by the sincere efforts and dedications of Board members and volunteers.

The meeting was attended by more than 70 members and friends of EAS, as well as about 10 children. The main item on the meeting agenda was the speech and discussion lead by

His Excellency Ambassador Elhusseini Abdelwahab

The talk by Ambassador Abdelwahab was indeed informative and hit a number of hot current topics, including impact of global economic recession on Egypt and the supporting role of Egypt in recent events in Gaza. In their special room, the children also had their share of fun with the clown, balloon animals and the pizza. The meeting was concluded with a lively "Name that Tune" game lead by the new stars of EAS

Dina El-Deeb & Mona Ghazi.

Winners of the "Name that Tune" were

Ghada Ahmed , Nabila Eid,
Abla Barakat , Samy Rezk,
Yusra Abou-Sayed , Nahed Strawes,
Nour Hyder , Rasha Heggazy,
Mohamed Elkady & Noha Elgohary

The EAS Board would like to thank all volunteers who participated in making this event the great success it was; in particular, we thank

Marwa Soliman , Mona Elkhelali & Dalia Diab

Who did a fantastic job sitting with the children and provided them with the wonderful time they had. A special thank goes also to

Adel El-Deeb

For his IT support during the "Name that Tune" session.

This meeting had the special flavor and fingerprint of the Egyptian American youth that Dina and Adel brought in. The EAS hope this would continue and progress to a more lively and dynamic EAS energized and lead by the new generations of Egyptian Americans in Houston.


Pictures are courtesy of Tarek Ghazi

A Conversation with His Excellency Sameh Shoukry

Egyptian-US Bilateral Relations and Shared Objectives has this event organized in Houston:

A Conversation with His Excellency Sameh Shoukry

Speaker(s): His Excellency Sameh Shoukry, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States

Date: 2/25/2009

Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

Location: The Intercontinental Hotel- DiscoveryB, 2222 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027

For more details: (http://www.bilateralchamber.org/_events/default.aspx?event_id=192)

Invitation to EAS February Meeting

Dear EAS Memebsr and friends,

Please click on the invitation below for details on our February meeting.

Obituary - Mr. Ahmed Elsabbahi

With great sorrow, we have received the news that Mr. Ahmed Elsabbahi, the father of Dr. Mohammed Elsabbahi, has passed away in Egypt. The EAS Board would like to extend their sincere condolences to Dr. Mohammed and his family and wish them the patience in coping with the great loss. May Allah bless the soul of the deceased and reward him for his good deeds.

We have the message below from Dr Aboueleish, the head of the EAS committe for supporting civilians in Gaza. In particular, we would like to indicate that the EAS has delivered its first installment of $5,000 to the ACC committee and that the remaining $1,000 will be delivered next week.

On Sunday January 25, 2009 a meeting was held at the Arab American Center to show solidarity with Gaza. It was a successful meeting attended by hundeds of persons from the Middle East and the United States. Speeches were delivered and donations were collected. The check from our members carrying the name of our Society was handed by Dr. Abouleish to the committee overseeing the collection of donations which reached over $150,000.

Ezzat Abouleish,M.D.http://ezzat2007.spaces.live.com/

Congratulation to EAS Board from Egyptian Consul

Dr. Ibrahim Abou-Sayed has received this letter from His Excellency Husseini Abdelwahab, the Egyptian Consul in Houston, congratulating The new EAS Board:

EAS January Meeting - A Great Success

The Society’s January meeting was indeed a real success, with more than 75 members and friends having attended. In the meeting, the new Board expressed their appreciation to the parting Board members, Dr. Abouleish, Ms. Mustafa, Ms. Zafaran and Dr. Elshahawi, in recognition of their effort and leadership of the EAS in the last term. The Board presented the parting Board members with farewell presents and plaques.

The new Board also presented their vision for the Society and their plans for the coming two-year term. Dr. Abou-Sayed spoke of his vision for a term active with social and cultural functions and of an important role for the Society’s youth; he also presented the financial status of the Society. After that, Mr. Hassan laid out his plans for the Society monthly functions and expansion, followed by Ms. Ghazi who talked of her vision for a more active role of the Society in the social welfare of its members. Lastly, Dr. Eltaher expressed his hope for a two way communication between the Board and the Society members and demonstrated available tools for that.

The Society has registered a membership of about 20 families till now. Additional donations for the Society have amounted to about $288 till now.

Dr. Abouleish also spoke of the latest humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and encouraged the attendance to support the Society’s effort to help the Palestinian civilians in Gaza. He explained that donations will be sent through the United Nations to the humanitarian effort in Gaza. Dr. Abouleish thanks who donated in the meeting and encourage additional donations be made payable to the Egyptian American Society and be sent to

Ezzat Abouleish
16518 Brookforest Drive
Houston, Texas 77059

Donations for Gaza has been around $5,500 till now. Letter with the Society's Tax Reimbursement number will be sent out to the donors soon.

Dr. Ahmed Hassan had resigned his post in the Board due to a conflict with other commitments, but he confirmed his commitment to the Society’s cause and that he will continue to work as an active member. In the meeting, Dr. Hassan donated two sets of two Rockets tickets, each, to the meeting attendance. The winners of the tickets were Mr. Mohammed Gomaa and Fairouz Bader.

Finally, the EAS would like to thank Mr. Mohamed El-Ahmadi for his kind volunteering to help in the meeting.