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Hassa Kassem Moussa (BS ’91,MD ’95) Hera Tashjian (BSN ’95)Hera writes, “Moussa and I met at AUBMC in 2005 inthe Coronary Care Unit (CCU). I was a staff nurse backthen and he was an intern rotating in CCU. I used to gethidden “love” messages from him written in small letterson the board in the conference room of CCU; whiledistributing medications to my patients I used to getcandies and chocolate! I am now an advanced practicenurse for critical care at AUBMC and my husband isa neuro-intensivist and practices at several hospitalsin Beirut. We have two children, Adam (six and a halfyears) and Lynn (three and a half years).”Rida Jaafar (BS ’94)Samar Hossein Mundher (BE ’96)Rida writes, “Our fairy tale is a story of friendship andlove born at AUB 20 years ago and still growing. I metSamar in the first week, or maybe on the first day, of thefirst semester of our first year at AUB; we shared a fewcourses and friends. We became inseparable but not yetlovers. Thus we spent almost all our undergraduate life atAUB together but not “together.” In 1995 I decided thatit was the right moment for our “friendly” relationship tobecome more serious; Samar went along with the idea fora few months then she confessed that she could not adjustto the notion of me as a lover instead of her close friend,Dhabi and when I returned to Lebanon for my summervacation in 1999 our friend suggested that I talk to Samar,something I used to refuse to do. I agreed. We met again,talked, and fell in love. I proposed and in less than ayear, we married and moved to Abu Dhabi. In 2004, wereturned to Lebanon to continue our love story and raiseour angels, Karim (eight years) and Lynn (three years),for their future AUB successes and love stories. In August2011, we will celebrate our 11th anniversary as two headson one pillow; or is it our 20th anniversary as two heartsin one soul? Thank God for Samar, Thank God for AUB.”Mohamad Omran (BBA ’97)Suzana Mitri (BA ’98)I used to get hidden “love”messages from him written insmall letters on the board in theconference room of CCU.so we broke up. I was completely devastated, but I foundrefuge in AUB; I started running every day at the GreenField, around the campus and outside on the Corniche,come rain or shine. I dropped about 30 kilos in less thana year. For two more years Samar and I did not talk butI heard her news from a mutual friend. I got a job in AbuMohamad writes, “We first met in Chemistry 101 in thefall of 1993; both Suzana Mitri and I were freshmanscience students at AUB. We were also very different.She was short and I was tall. She listened to love songsand I listened to rock. She was risk averse and I wasn’tat all. She was a Greek Orthodox Christian and I was aSunni Muslim.“But, every time I spoke to her, I wanted to quicklyfinish my sentence so I could hear her voice. I lovedher eyes when they narrowed as if to say, ‘I know you’rejoking!’ and when they widened every time she wasexcited to tell me something.“Her character was like no other. All she wanted todo was to help others. When she was 17, she spent timewww.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 201135