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ALES NEWSLETTER
October 08, 2006
ALES Events
and Affairs
- Back from the "Busy" Summer Break
- 2007 ALES
Membership Drive
- Follow-up on the 'Oil
Spill Clean-up...' Initiative
- Rebuild Lebanon
Information Center
Community Events and Notices
- The Arabic
Hour's 25th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser Event
- Simon Shaheen
and Qantara in "A Concert for Lebanon's Children"
Back
from the "Busy" Summer Break
(ALES Events
and Affairs)
Summer is over.
Welcome back! This was supposed to be a quiet and relaxing summer for all of
us; well, it was not. We hope you and your families had a safe summer.
Lebanon was under
severe attacks from air, sea, and land for more than a month between
July 12 and August 13 2006. More than 1,000 civilians were killed, more than
3,000 were injured, about 1,000,000 people were displaced, more than 30,000
residential units were damaged or destroyed, many roads and most bridges were
destroyed, and a lot of the infrastructure was damaged. During the early
days of the crisis, after hearing the sad news and seeing the heartbreaking
images coming from our homeland, we, at ALES, felt that all Lebanese organizations, political or not, should use
their resources and networks to Help Lebanon as much as possible, and that it
was our duty to be a positive factor and cooperate with the major efforts to
Help Lebanon.
Read more.
Now that the
summer is over (and the war is over, thank God), we had our first board
meeting for the 2006-2007 term last Thursday. It was a busy meeting with a lot
on the
agenda, and it went very well. The meeting minutes will be posted under
the Meetings section in few days.
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2007 ALES Membership Drive
(ALES Events
and Affairs)
Dear ALES colleague or friend,
Please
accept this invitation to renew your ALES yearly membership or become a
member if you are not yet. Thanks to your past participation and
support, we were able to accomplish many goals in the past year:
maintain and enhance the ALES website, grow the ALES scholarship program, have a very successful annual dinner, be
one of the sponsors of TECHLEB|06, and establish the Rebuild Lebanon
Information Center.
ALES
endeavors to promote the advancement of Lebanese American Engineers and
Scientists. The organization needs your support and encourages your
active participation in order to better achieve its mission.
Please take a moment to fill and
submit the membership application. We hope you can continue to be a
member and look forward to your ongoing support and involvement.
For your convenience, you can now fill
the membership application online.
You can find it at:
http://www.alesonline.org/cgi-bin/milcgi/becomememberofales.cgi
Thank You.
Best Regards,
Hani Al-Dayaa
On behalf of the ALES board of
directors
http://www.alesonline.org
PS: To help us plan better for 2007, we
kindly ask you to submit your application by November 30, 2006.
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Follow-up on the 'Oil-Spill
Clean-up...' Initiative
(ALES Events
and Affairs)
As a follow-up on the 'Oil-Spill
Clean-up Along Lebanon's Coastline' initiative that ALES launched in
August of this year,
we are pleased to announce that one
of our members, Dr. Michel Boufadel (Temple University, Philadelphia),
visited Lebanon in early September based on an official invitation from
the Ministry of Environment. Dr. Boufadel is a world-renowned expert in
remediating oil spills, and is the immediate past president of
ALES. During Dr. Boufadel's visit to Lebanon, he joined a team of
experts and met with various officials, providing advice on the removal
of oil.
Dr. Boufadel is part of
a technical team formed by ALES to deal with the oil spill issue in
Lebanon. The team included two other members of ALES, Dr. Mahmood
Nachabe of University of South Florida and Dr. Rabih Mohtar of Purdue
University.
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Rebuild Lebanon Information Center
(ALES Events
and Affairs)
We are pleased to announce the establishment
of RebuildLebanon.Info, an information resource regarding rebuilding and
recovery efforts in Lebanon. This initiative is sponsored by ALES,
strongly endorsed by the Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP)
Boston Chapter, and in collaboration with a number of great individuals
and organizations in the USA and Lebanon.
RebuildLebanon.Info is a young initiative;
please don't hesitate to send us your pieces of advice, creative ideas,
comments, questions, and even criticism. The quality and quantity of
information on the site will depend on your contribution. Please get
involved and contribute.
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Lebanon was under severe attacks from air, sea, and land for more than a
month from July 12 to August 13, 2006. This war resulted in many deaths
and injuries and major destruction in many of the country's towns,
cities, and infrastructure. Do you want to help in the rebuilding and
recovery efforts? Here, you will find information on how you can help.
RebuildLebanon.Info aims to be an information center regarding the
rebuilding and recovery efforts in Lebanon. On this website, you will
find information that ranges from a general overview of the post-war
situation in Lebanon, to initiatives you can participate in, to studies
related to rebuilding and recovery efforts, to events that support
specific rebuilding and recovery tasks.
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URL:
http://www.rebuildlebanon.info.
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The Arabic Hour's 25th Anniversary
Celebration and Fundraiser Event
(Community Events and Notices)
Join us in celebrating
The Arabic Hour’s 25th Anniversary
Celebration and Fundraiser Event
Boston University,
School of Management (Hariri Building) Auditorium
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Friday November 3, 7-9 pm
Doors open at 6:45 pm, program starts promptly at 7 pm
Program Highlights:
- Performances by acclaimed Arab American comics Dean Obeidallah and
Ronnie Khalil
- Dance performances by Noujoum el Shark ("Stars of the East")
- Dabkeh performances by Al-Hayat Dabkeh Group
- Live Arabic music by local community members
- Display and sale of books and Arabic Hour programs on DVD
- Snacks and refreshments
- Meet volunteers and friends of the Arabic Hour, socialize and have
fun!
Get
your tickets today!
($40 – regular, $20 - students)
Visit our website at
www.arabic.hour.org
Call us at: (617) 323-2226, Semaan (617) 851-6910
Or email us at: arabichour@gmail.com
The Arabic Hour
is the production of the American-Arab Media Foundation, a non-profit
organization in Massachusetts. The Arab Hour program is produced weekly
and is broadcast on more than fifteen cable channels in MA and one in
RI. Run entirely by a group of volunteers, it the oldest Arab-American
television show in the country. Tickets can be mailed to you or held at
the door. Tickets will not be sold at the event.
When: Friday November 3, 2006 7-9 pm
Where: Boston University, School of Management (Hariri Building)
Auditorium 595 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA
Contact: (617) 323-2226, Semaan (617) 851-6910 or
arabichour@gmail.com
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Simon Shaheen and Qantara in
"A Concert for Lebanon's Children"
(Community Events and Notices)
The
Boston Chapter of the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) is presenting
Simon Shaheen and Qantara in “A Concert for Lebanon’s Children”
Friday October 20, 2006 at 8PM
Shaw Auditorium at Watertown H.S.
50 Columbia Street Watertown, MA
All proceeds to benefit
The Chronic Care Center (Lebanon) For the treatment of chronic childhood
diseases &
The Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages
Tickets available in advance go to
www.wlcu.us or call 617.816.1388 for details
$40 Adult / $25 Students (must present student ID)
Purchase Tickets Online ($40 Adult): http://boston.zebratickets.com/event/event_3802.php
Purchase Tickets Online ($25 Student): http://boston.zebratickets.com/event/event_3803.php
The Chronic Care Center (www.chroniccare.org.lb)
provides treatment for chronic childhood diseases such as diabetes and
thalassemia. The Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages (www.sos.org.lb)
help orphaned and abandoned children by building nurturing relationships
within a family and community structure.
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