Beyond Bliss Streetc l a s s n o t e s<strong>in</strong>dustrial development <strong>of</strong>fic-Mohamad Z. KoubeissiTechnology and <strong>in</strong> economicer <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> agribus<strong>in</strong>ess devel-(BS ’95, MD ’99) is an assis-development from Harvardopment branch <strong>of</strong> UNIDOtant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> neurology<strong>University</strong>. She lives with her(United Nations Industrialand program director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>husband Paul Khoury (BENDevelopment Organization)Cl<strong>in</strong>icalNeurophysiology’82) <strong>in</strong> <strong>Beirut</strong>. [sawayal33(at)<strong>in</strong> Vienna, Austria. PreviouslyProgram at <strong>University</strong>hotmail.com]he served as deputy regionalHospitals Case Medicalrepresentative for UNIDO <strong>in</strong>Center <strong>in</strong> Cleveland, Ohio.Abdullah Al Mikati (BBAWest Africa. [bassel_alkhatib’01) is manag<strong>in</strong>g partner(at) hotmail.com]at M-Squared ResearchTra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Program and hasCompany, a competitiveJoseph Elkhoury (BENworked <strong>the</strong>re as a radiog-<strong>in</strong>telligence firm, and senior’92) is vice president <strong>of</strong>rapher ever s<strong>in</strong>ce. Wazzehengagement manager at<strong>in</strong>formation solutions atand his wife, Suzanne, have<strong>the</strong> Hardwick Partnership,Schlumberger. He has com-two girls, Luna and Jouanna,an executive search firm.pleted advanced courseworkand a son named Abdallah-He resides <strong>in</strong> Dubai,<strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess management andOmar. [rw03(at)aub.edu.lb]UAE. [abdullah.almikati(at)supply cha<strong>in</strong> management atmsquaredresearch.com]<strong>the</strong> International Institute forKoubeissi and his wife, MahaJaafar Sleiman Haidar (BSManagement DevelopmentHaddad, have two children.’99) is a senior scientist atNayla Al-Akl (BAR ’02) is <strong>the</strong><strong>in</strong> Switzerland. Elkhoury and[mohamad.koubeissi(at)ImClone Systems. In 2007<strong>Beirut</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice director for <strong>the</strong>his spouse, Jocelyne BouUHhospitals.org]he earned a PhD <strong>in</strong> biomedi-<strong>in</strong>ternational landscape archi-Khalil, live <strong>in</strong> Sugar Land,cal eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g at Bostontecture, plann<strong>in</strong>g, and urbanTexas and have two children:Naji Mouaness (MMB<strong>University</strong>. He lives <strong>in</strong> Newdesign firm SWA Group. InMike and Thomas.’95) is <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong> con-York City. [jaafar.haidar(at)2007 she earned her mas-sumer bank<strong>in</strong>g at Standardimclone.com]ter’s <strong>in</strong> landscape architec-Mohamad Mokahal (BEN’92, MEM ‘95) is a seniorChartered Bank Lebanon.He earned his f<strong>in</strong>ancial man-2000sture at Harvard <strong>University</strong>Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design.project manager at BMOagement certification fromDialaAschkar-Mart<strong>in</strong>She is currently a memberF<strong>in</strong>ancial Group. In 2010<strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Management(BGD ’00) and her husband<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>American</strong> Society <strong>of</strong>he earned project managerAccountants, New York.Arnaud Mart<strong>in</strong>, a s<strong>of</strong>twareLandscape Architects. Al-Aklpr<strong>of</strong>essionalcertificationMouaness and his spouse,designer, are based <strong>in</strong> Paris.and her husband Naderfrom ProjectManagementMyriam Tohme, have threeThey recently launched aKehdy (BAR ’00) live <strong>in</strong>Institute. Mokahal andhischildren and live <strong>in</strong> Lebanon.new social network, Seen<strong>Beirut</strong>.spouse Iman Tabbara have[naji.mouaness(at)sc.com]This[http://seenthis.net],three children and live <strong>in</strong>about social and politicalJad Kawtharani (BS ’02,Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.Ramez Abdallah Wazzehissues, digital media, andMS ’07) is <strong>the</strong> director <strong>of</strong>[mohmok99(at)gmail.com](DIPL’95) works as a picturenew <strong>in</strong>ternet technologies.admissions and registrationarchiv<strong>in</strong>g and communicat-[diala.aschkar(at)gmail.com]at <strong>the</strong> Arab Open <strong>University</strong> <strong>in</strong>T<strong>in</strong>a Badran Kfoury (BBA<strong>in</strong>g systems coord<strong>in</strong>ator atLebanon. He is also a project’94) is manag<strong>in</strong>g direc-AUBMC’s Department <strong>of</strong>Leila Sawaya El Khourymanager at <strong>the</strong> Lebanesetor for Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Lobby,Diagnostic Radiology. He(BEN ’00) earned two mas-National Contact Po<strong>in</strong>t forRecruitment and Talentgraduated first <strong>in</strong> his classter’s degrees <strong>in</strong> construc-<strong>the</strong> European Commission’sManagement <strong>in</strong> <strong>Beirut</strong>.with dist<strong>in</strong>ction from AUB’stion management from <strong>the</strong>Fund<strong>in</strong>g Program for[t<strong>in</strong>a(at)bus<strong>in</strong>esslobby.net]RadiologicTechnologyMassachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong>Research and Technological60 Ma<strong>in</strong>Gate Fall 2011 | www.aub.edu.lb/ma<strong>in</strong>gate
Beyond Bliss Streetc l a s s n o t e sDevelopment. Currently,Kawtharani is pursu<strong>in</strong>ghis doctorate <strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>essadm<strong>in</strong>istration at GrenobleEcole de Management.[Kawtharani(at)gmail.com]Joseph Malkoun (BEN’02) is a doctoral student<strong>in</strong> ma<strong>the</strong>matics at StonyBrook <strong>University</strong>, New York.[joemalkoun(at)hotmail.com]Maher Itani (MEN ’03) isa systems analyst at FEA. Heand his wife Maya (MEM ’07)have just welcomed daughterTala to <strong>the</strong>ir family.[mi19(at)aub.edu.lb]Nader Jubaili (BA ’03) is <strong>the</strong>manag<strong>in</strong>g director at A.R.Jubaili & Co. (ARJ). S<strong>in</strong>ce1979, ARJ has been one <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> lead<strong>in</strong>g companies <strong>in</strong>power generat<strong>in</strong>g sets <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> Middle East and NorthAfrica. ARJ received <strong>the</strong>International Europe Award<strong>in</strong> 1999 for best quality <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Middle East. Jubaili currentlyresides <strong>in</strong> <strong>Beirut</strong>. [Nader(at)jubaili.com]Azmi Sayadi (MBA ’03) isa strategy manager at HutaHegerfeld. He and his wife,Najwa Kabbara (BA ’03),live <strong>in</strong> Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[azmi.sayadi(at)gmail.com]Hamza Daroub (BS ’04, MS’09) is an <strong>in</strong>structor <strong>in</strong> FAFS’sNutrition and Food SciencesDepartment. [hd25(at)aub.edu.lb]Dania H. El-Berjawi (BS’05) completed her <strong>in</strong>ternship<strong>in</strong> nutrition and dietetics atAUBMC <strong>in</strong> 2006. In additionto work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> her diet cl<strong>in</strong>ic <strong>in</strong>Mazraa, <strong>Beirut</strong>, El-Berjawiworked as a cl<strong>in</strong>ical dietitianat <strong>the</strong> Clemenceau MedicalCenter for about three and ahalf years prior to be<strong>in</strong>grecruited by <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong>Economy and Trade,Consumer ProtectionDirectorate where she workson high-level projects andresearch. El-Berjawi and herhusband Youssef Chaar havetwo boys: Mohammad andHassan. [daniaeasydiet(at)yahoo.com]Ali Abdul Sater (MS ‘05)is a postdoctoral researchscientist <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Department<strong>of</strong> Microbiology andImmunology at Columbia<strong>University</strong>. He earned hisPhD from <strong>the</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong>California <strong>in</strong> 2010. His wife,Samar Moussa (MS ’04),is a postdoctoral researchscientist <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ChemicalEng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Department <strong>of</strong>Columbia <strong>University</strong>. They live<strong>in</strong> New York City. [aa3068(at)columbia.edu]Mershed Al Samara(MPH ’05) earned his medicaldegree from Aleppo<strong>University</strong>, Syria. He is do<strong>in</strong>ghis <strong>in</strong>ternal medic<strong>in</strong>e residency<strong>in</strong> Detroit, Michigan.From 2007 to 2009, heworked as a research associateat Oregon Health andScience <strong>University</strong>. In summer2010, Al Samara marriedDima Khoury.Mona Shaban (BBA ’06)was selected as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>top f<strong>in</strong>alists <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Miss ArabUSA 2011 pageant, whichtook place on September 10at <strong>the</strong> Talk<strong>in</strong>g Stick Resort <strong>in</strong>Scottsdale, Arizona. Shabanwrites that she is very proudto be an AUB alumna and tocelebrate Arab-<strong>American</strong> cultureby participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> thisevent. [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mona-Shabanfor-Miss-Arab-USA-2011]Sarah N. Aboulhosn (BBA’07) is a program coord<strong>in</strong>ator<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Studentand Community Relationsat Texas A & M <strong>University</strong>,Qatar. Her job entails a greatdeal <strong>of</strong> logistical coord<strong>in</strong>ationand communication with <strong>the</strong>community, job and <strong>in</strong>ternshipplacement for current and formerstudents, and organization<strong>of</strong> recruitment and outreachevents for prospectivestudents. Aboulhosn and herspouse, Mohamad Noueihed,live <strong>in</strong> Doha, Qatar. [sarah.aboulhosn(at)qatar.tamu.edu]www.aub.edu.lb/ma<strong>in</strong>gate | Ma<strong>in</strong>Gate Fall 2011 61