From hazemz at MIT.EDU Fri Feb 1 15:37:59 2008 From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:37:59 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] CORRECTION - Announcement and Call for Nominations Message-ID: <000c01c86512$68f0b000$3ad21000$@edu> Please see the corrected announcement below. There was some confusion regarding the requirements for the nominees. A nominee for any of the awards need NOT be a US citizen or permanent resident. All Arabs, as well as Arab-Americans are welcome. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused. Thank you ---- PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS E-MAIL The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents: The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999) When: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 6pm to 9pm Where: Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards: Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards: 1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin. 2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab-American scientist or technologist. 3. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship. *** The MIT Arab Students Organization is seeking nominations for the Young Professional Award, the Undergraduate Student Award, and the Graduate Student Award. *** The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 29, 2008. Nominations should highlight the professional, academic and/or extra-curricular achievements of the nominees and include any supporting materials (publications, academic records, references, etc). Candidates can also nominate themselves. Nominations should be sent by email to: arab-comm at mit.edu and include the following: Name of nominee Title Address Phone number Fax number (if available) E-mail address A brief Nomination Statement. How does the nominee qualify for the award? Any supplementary material that support the nominee?s claim to the award The nominator?s (if any) name, title, address, phone and fax number, and e-mail address (Optional) The names and contact information of other people who would second the nomination. Qualifications and criteria for nomination (for all three awards): - The nominee must be an Arab or an Arab-American. - The nominee must be under 35 years of age. - The nominee?s CV must prove significant scientific and technical contributions. - The nominee has committed to continue contributing to his/her field. - Current MIT ASO officers must forfeit any promised financial returns from the awards to qualify. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee to be formed at MIT, and winners will be notified of the committee?s decisions by March 14. This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab community, not only in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous years is a testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab community and beyond. Please feel free to nominate professionals and students you know that you think have made great contributions to the community. Remember. You can nominate yourself!! About this year?s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed Zewail: Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale resolution. Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science and humanity. He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine, and literature from universities and institutions around the world including the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and international academies and societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations University. Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for a new vision of world order. Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California. (Source: Professor Zewail?s website) Tickets sale announcements will be made within the next few weeks. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the event! Best regards, Hazem M. Zureiqat Lead Organizer 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet hazemz at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/lebanon-events/attachments/20080201/3ab30f7c/attachment.htm From zsaab at MIT.EDU Mon Feb 4 17:32:15 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:32:15 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] LCM/INLET Event With Keynote Speaker Dr. Louay Eldada: Tuesday, February 19th Message-ID: <20080204173215.prgb1t7r75s0048k@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, The Lebanese Club at MIT and The International Network of Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Technologists (INLET) will be holding a joint event on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30pm, here at MIT. Please find the event details below from the INLET Program Chair, Habib Haddad. Thanks and we hope to see many of you there! Best, Zeina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear INLET and LCM members, The next event of the Entrepreneurship forum will take place on *Tuesday February 19*. This event will be a joint event with the Lebanese Club at MIT and *will be held at MIT* (Room 120, Building 6, http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go) This event is entitled: * "Exit strategies: The recipe for a successful exit"* A networking session and dinner will start at 6:30pm, followed by a presentation from our keynote speaker, Dr. Louay Eldada, CTO and VP of Engineering of DuPont Photonics Technologies, the optical communication business of DuPont. Dr. Eldada started his professional career in 1994 at Honeywell, where he established the Telecom Photonics business, and managed its product development arm. This business was acquired in 1999 by Corning. He left Corning in 2000 to co-found Telephotonics, a fiber optic start-up where he served as the CTO and Vice Chairman until its acquisition in 2002 by DuPont. In addition to authoring hundreds of papers and a number of books on optical communications, Dr. Eldada has presented numerous keynote talks worldwide. He holds a PhD degree in optical engineering from Columbia University, and has over forty patents in fiber optics. This event will focus on building a sound exit strategy and a robust contingency plan. Dr. Eldada will share his related experience and elaborate on how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of a successful exit. This event is free for students. Registration fees for professionals are $10 for INLET members and $15 for non INLET members. To join INLET please click here. RSVP is required. To RSVP please send an email to events at inlet-lebanon.org or to zsaab at mit.edu Food is ordered on a registration basis. Please let us know in advance if you will join us so that we make sure to have enough for all of you. For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at events at inlet-lebanon.org Best Regards, -Habib Haddad Program Chair INLET habib at inlet-lebanon.org From zsaab at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 5 09:14:06 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:14:06 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] CARAMEL - THIS FRIDAY! Buy your tickets! Message-ID: <20080205091406.nl3sls894jk0cg4s@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, Don't forget to grab all your friends THIS Friday, February 8th to go watch CARAMEL! It's showing here in Boston for one day only at the Kendall Square Cinema. The showtimes are: 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, and 9:30. Buy your tickets soon! To buy your tickets: https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=231 For more information about the film: http://www.newamericanvision.com/Caramel.html To locate Kendall Square Cinema: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ONE+KENDALL+SQUARE+CAMBRIDGE,+MA++02139 SPREAD THE WORD! See you there! Best, Zeina From zsaab at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 5 09:41:57 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:41:57 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] CORRECTION! CARAMEL - THIS FRIDAY! Buy your tickets! In-Reply-To: <20080205091406.nl3sls894jk0cg4s@webmail.mit.edu> References: <20080205091406.nl3sls894jk0cg4s@webmail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <20080205094157.rd8b6x1fjrtw8o4g@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, Sorry for the confusion!! Apparently it is playing for more than one day. Hope you can make it to one of the many showings! Best, Zeina Quoting Zeina Ghaleb Saab : > Dear All, > > Don't forget to grab all your friends THIS Friday, February 8th to go watch > CARAMEL! It's showing here in Boston for one day only at the Kendall Square > Cinema. The showtimes are: 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, and 9:30. Buy your tickets > soon! > > To buy your tickets: > https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=231 > > For more information about the film: > http://www.newamericanvision.com/Caramel.html > > To locate Kendall Square Cinema: > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ONE+KENDALL+SQUARE+CAMBRIDGE,+MA++02139 > > SPREAD THE WORD! > > See you there! > > Best, > Zeina > > _______________________________________________ > Lebanon-Events mailing list > Lebanon-Events at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-events > From zsaab at MIT.EDU Fri Feb 8 13:07:05 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:07:05 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] 'Deserted Riviera' - Documentary on Post-War Lebanon: Thursday, February 21st at 7:30pm Message-ID: <20080208130705.mt7uavhrz6hwkg8s@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, The Lebanese Club at MIT will be screening 'Deserted Riviera', a documentary on the aftermath of the 2006 Summer War. This documentary recently won third place at the ION International Film Festival in Los Angeles. The screening will take place on Thursday, February 21st at 7:30pm. It will be followed by a Q&A session with producer, Iason Athanasiadis. DESERTED RIVIERA: TRAVELS IN POST-WAR LEBANON A documentary by Iason Athanasiadis, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation/Harvard University DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Building 1, Room 190 http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Please see below for more information on the documentary and the producer. We hope you can make it! Best, Zeina --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon. ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Writer, photographer and television producer, Iason Athanasiadis has been covering the Middle East, Central Asia and the southeast Mediterranean since 1999. He earned degrees in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). Athanasiadis lived in Iran from 2004-2007, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon for U.S., British and international media including the Times, the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, British Journalism Review and the South China Morning Post. He covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Qatar for al-Jazeera, the 2004 Athens Olympics for BBC World and the 2006 Israeli-Hizbullah war in Lebanon as a freelancer. At the same time, his photography has been featured in solo exhibitions in Germany, Greece and Iran, and his work published in Der Spiegel and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, Iason practices immersion journalism, without the support of fixers and translators. A native of Greece, Athanasiadis is currently a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is an Aristotle Onassis Foundation scholar. From zsaab at MIT.EDU Fri Feb 8 16:17:13 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:17:13 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] IMPORTANT: DATE/TIME CHANGE for 'Deserted Riviera' Message-ID: <20080208161713.dsl8i4r1emo8gc8g@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, Unfortunately, the producer is unable to make it anymore on the evening of February 21st. We will need to reschedule for the following week. I will get back to you with the new date, time, and location early next week. I really apologize for any inconvenience. Best, Zeina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Lebanese Club at MIT will be screening 'Deserted Riviera', a documentary on the aftermath of the 2006 Summer War. This documentary recently won third place at the ION International Film Festival in Los Angeles. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with producer, Iason Athanasiadis. DESERTED RIVIERA: TRAVELS IN POST-WAR LEBANON A documentary by Iason Athanasiadis, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation/Harvard University Please see below for more information on the documentary and the producer. We hope you can make it! Best, Zeina --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon. ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Writer, photographer and television producer, Iason Athanasiadis has been covering the Middle East, Central Asia and the southeast Mediterranean since 1999. He earned degrees in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). Athanasiadis lived in Iran from 2004-2007, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon for U.S., British and international media including the Times, the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, British Journalism Review and the South China Morning Post. He covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Qatar for al-Jazeera, the 2004 Athens Olympics for BBC World and the 2006 Israeli-Hizbullah war in Lebanon as a freelancer. At the same time, his photography has been featured in solo exhibitions in Germany, Greece and Iran, and his work published in Der Spiegel and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, Iason practices immersion journalism, without the support of fixers and translators. A native of Greece, Athanasiadis is currently a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is an Aristotle Onassis Foundation scholar. From zsaab at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 12 20:17:25 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:17:25 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] Reminder: LCM/INLET Event Next Tuesday, February 19th Message-ID: <20080212201725.sjim8yevxi74c4kg@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, This is a friendly reminder that the Lebanese Club at MIT and The International Network of Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Technologists (INLET) will be holding a joint event on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30pm, here at MIT. What's important about this particular event is that the networking session, right before the keynote speech, will allow us to meet and interact with some Lebanese professionals and students from around the Boston area. So come ready to engage in interesting conversations and make connections! Please find the event details below from the INLET Program Chair, Habib Haddad. Thanks and we hope to see many of you there! Best, Zeina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear INLET and LCM members, The next event of the Entrepreneurship forum will take place on *Tuesday February 19*. This event will be a joint event with the Lebanese Club at MIT and *will be held at MIT* (Room 120, Building 6, http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go) This event is entitled: * "Exit strategies: The recipe for a successful exit"* A networking session and dinner will start at 6:30pm, followed by a presentation from our keynote speaker, Dr. Louay Eldada, CTO and VP of Engineering of DuPont Photonics Technologies, the optical communication business of DuPont. Dr. Eldada started his professional career in 1994 at Honeywell, where he established the Telecom Photonics business, and managed its product development arm. This business was acquired in 1999 by Corning. He left Corning in 2000 to co-found Telephotonics, a fiber optic start-up where he served as the CTO and Vice Chairman until its acquisition in 2002 by DuPont. In addition to authoring hundreds of papers and a number of books on optical communications, Dr. Eldada has presented numerous keynote talks worldwide. He holds a PhD degree in optical engineering from Columbia University, and has over forty patents in fiber optics. This event will focus on building a sound exit strategy and a robust contingency plan. Dr. Eldada will share his related experience and elaborate on how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of a successful exit. This event is free for students. Registration fees for professionals are $10 for INLET members and $15 for non INLET members. To join INLET please click here. RSVP is required. To RSVP please send an email to events at inlet-lebanon.org or to zsaab at mit.edu Food is ordered on a registration basis. Please let us know in advance if you will join us so that we make sure to have enough for all of you. For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at events at inlet-lebanon.org Best Regards, -Habib Haddad Program Chair INLET habib at inlet-lebanon.org From mkandil at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 12 20:18:47 2008 From: mkandil at MIT.EDU (Mariam Kandil) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:18:47 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet- NOMINATIONS Deadline SOON! Message-ID: <20080212201847.q8aeeltru7noggw0@webmail.mit.edu> PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS E-MAIL -- LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LEFT TO SEND IN YOUR NOMINATIONS! The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents: The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999) When: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 6pm to 9pm Where: Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA *** The MIT Arab Students Organization is seeking NOMINATIONS for the Young Professional Award, the Undergraduate Student Award, and the Graduate Student Award. *** The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 29, 2008. Nominations should highlight the professional, academic and/or extra-curricular achievements of the nominees and include any supporting materials (publications, academic records, references, etc). Candidates can also nominate themselves. Nominations should be sent by email to: arab-comm at mit.edu and include the following: Name of nominee Title Address Phone number Fax number (if available) E-mail address A brief Nomination Statement. How does the nominee qualify for the award? Any supplementary material that support the nominee?s claim to the award The nominator?s (if any) name, title, address, phone and fax number, and e-mail address (Optional) The names and contact information of other people who would second the nomination. Qualifications and criteria for nomination (for all three awards): - The nominee must be an Arab or an Arab-American. - The nominee must be under 35 years of age. - The nominee?s CV must prove significant scientific and technical contributions. - The nominee has committed to continue contributing to his/her field. - Current MIT ASO officers must forfeit any promised financial returns from the awards to qualify. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee to be formed at MIT, and winners will be notified of the committee?s decisions by March 14. This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab community, not only in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous years is a testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab community and beyond. Please feel free to nominate professionals and students you know that you think have made great contributions to the community. Remember. You can nominate yourself!! About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards: Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards: 1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin. 2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab-American scientist or technologist. 3. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship. About this year?s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed Zewail: Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale resolution. Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science and humanity. He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine, and literature from universities and institutions around the world including the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and international academies and societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations University. Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for a new vision of world order. Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California. (Source: Professor Zewail?s website) Tickets sale announcements will be made within the next few weeks. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the event! Best regards, Hazem M. Zureiqat Lead Organizer 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet hazemz at mit.edu From zsaab at MIT.EDU Thu Feb 14 11:55:08 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:55:08 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] NEW TIME for 'Deserted Riviera' - Documentary on Post-War Lebanon: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 at 7:30pm Message-ID: <20080214115508.xjkhm86r028socs0@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, Please note that we have finalized a new time and location for 'Deserted Riviera', a documentary on the aftermath of the 2006 Summer War. This documentary recently won third place at the ION International Film Festival in Los Angeles. The new screening time will take place on *WEDNESDAY, February 27 at 7:30pm in 6-120.* It will be followed by a Q&A session with producer, Iason Athanasiadis. DESERTED RIVIERA: TRAVELS IN POST-WAR LEBANON A documentary by Iason Athanasiadis, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation/Harvard University DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Building 6, Room 120 (6-120) http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Please see below for more information on the documentary and the producer. We hope you can make it! Best, Zeina --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon. ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Writer, photographer and television producer, Iason Athanasiadis has been covering the Middle East, Central Asia and the southeast Mediterranean since 1999. He earned degrees in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). Athanasiadis lived in Iran from 2004-2007, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon for U.S., British and international media including the Times, the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, British Journalism Review and the South China Morning Post. He covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Qatar for al-Jazeera, the 2004 Athens Olympics for BBC World and the 2006 Israeli-Hizbullah war in Lebanon as a freelancer. At the same time, his photography has been featured in solo exhibitions in Germany, Greece and Iran, and his work published in Der Spiegel and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, Iason practices immersion journalism, without the support of fixers and translators. A native of Greece, Athanasiadis is currently a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is an Aristotle Onassis Foundation scholar. From zsaab at MIT.EDU Sat Feb 16 10:22:26 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:22:26 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] February 20: Fares Center Roundtable on "Lebanon: The Elusive Presidential Elections" Message-ID: <20080216102226.k85g6t86n6gccwo4@webmail.mit.edu> "Lebanon: The Elusive Presidential Elections" The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Invites you to a Roundtable Discussion Moderated by Professor Ibrahim Warde with participation by Tarek Zeidan and Alain Hasrouny Wednesday February 20, 2008 12:30 - 2:00pm Fares Center Conference room (Mugar 129) Luncheon will be served The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Cabot Intercultural Center Tufts University 160 Packard Avenue Medford, Massachusetts 02155 http://farescenter.tufts.edu For more information contact: Omar Dauhajre @ 617-627-6560 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Zeina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear INLET and LCM members, The next event of the Entrepreneurship forum will take place on *Tuesday February 19 at 6:30pm*. This event will be a joint event with the Lebanese Club at MIT and *will be held at MIT* (Room 120, Building 6, http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go) This event is entitled: * "Exit strategies: The recipe for a successful exit"* A networking session and dinner will start at 6:30pm, followed by a presentation from our keynote speaker, Dr. Louay Eldada, CTO and VP of Engineering of DuPont Photonics Technologies, the optical communication business of DuPont. Dr. Eldada started his professional career in 1994 at Honeywell, where he established the Telecom Photonics business, and managed its product development arm. This business was acquired in 1999 by Corning. He left Corning in 2000 to co-found Telephotonics, a fiber optic start-up where he served as the CTO and Vice Chairman until its acquisition in 2002 by DuPont. In addition to authoring hundreds of papers and a number of books on optical communications, Dr. Eldada has presented numerous keynote talks worldwide. He holds a PhD degree in optical engineering from Columbia University, and has over forty patents in fiber optics. This event will focus on building a sound exit strategy and a robust contingency plan. Dr. Eldada will share his related experience and elaborate on how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of a successful exit. This event is free for students. Registration fees for professionals are $10 for INLET members and $15 for non INLET members. To join INLET please click here. RSVP is required. To RSVP please send an email to events at inlet-lebanon.org or to zsaab at mit.edu Food is ordered on a registration basis. Please let us know in advance if you will join us so that we make sure to have enough for all of you. For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at events at inlet-lebanon.org Best Regards, -Habib Haddad Program Chair INLET habib at inlet-lebanon.org From taufiq_rahim at ksg08.harvard.edu Thu Feb 21 07:46:18 2008 From: taufiq_rahim at ksg08.harvard.edu (Taufiq Rahim) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:46:18 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] FW: Lebanon in Crisis - Friday @ 3:30 in L332 Message-ID: <001901c87487$c0e3ca20$6401a8c0@trahim> The ISP-PIC Presents: Lebanon in Crisis_ 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 22 L332 A Roundtable Discussion featuring Karim Makdisi Politics Studies Professor at American University in Beirut & Rami Khouri Editor-at-large, Daily Star and Director of the Issam Fares Center for Public Policy at American University in Beirut Lebanon is a country caught in the crosshairs of the politics of the Middle East. Between East and West, it serves as a microcosm for many ongoing regional tensions. On November 23rd,, 2007 the term of President Emile Lahoud came to an end, but due to political differences, the parliament has been unable to elect a successor, leaving the country without a Head of State. As the crisis continues, there are ever more frequent street clashes; targeted violence against politicians and public figures remains a threat. What does the future hold? How can Lebanon escape from this latest round of uncertainty? Come hear two of the region's most incisive thinkers, and join us for what is sure to be a lively discussion. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please contact Taufiq Rahim (taufiq_rahim at ksg08.harvard.edu). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/lebanon-events/attachments/20080221/c215941c/attachment.htm From zsaab at MIT.EDU Sun Feb 24 10:16:47 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:16:47 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] REMINDER: 'Deserted Riviera' - Documentary on Post-War Lebanon: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 at 7:30pm Message-ID: <20080224101647.csu3k1sv6rs0goos@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, This is a friendly reminder that 'Deserted Riviera' - a documentary on the aftermath of the 2006 Summer War - will be showing on: *Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30pm* It will be followed by a Q&A session with producer, Iason Athanasiadis. This documentary recently won third place at the ION International Film Festival in Los Angeles. DESERTED RIVIERA: TRAVELS IN POST-WAR LEBANON A documentary by Iason Athanasiadis, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation/Harvard University DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Building 6, Room 120 (6-120) http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Please see below for more information on the documentary and the producer. We hope you can make it! Best, Zeina --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon. ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Writer, photographer and television producer, Iason Athanasiadis has been covering the Middle East, Central Asia and the southeast Mediterranean since 1999. He earned degrees in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). Athanasiadis lived in Iran from 2004-2007, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon for U.S., British and international media including the Times, the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, British Journalism Review and the South China Morning Post. He covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Qatar for al-Jazeera, the 2004 Athens Olympics for BBC World and the 2006 Israeli-Hizbullah war in Lebanon as a freelancer. At the same time, his photography has been featured in solo exhibitions in Germany, Greece and Iran, and his work published in Der Spiegel and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, Iason practices immersion journalism, without the support of fixers and translators. A native of Greece, Athanasiadis is currently a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is an Aristotle Onassis Foundation scholar. From hazemz at MIT.EDU Sun Feb 24 11:21:52 2008 From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:21:52 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT - Call for nominations Message-ID: <001001c87701$5f312cb0$1d938610$@edu> Dear all, I urge you to send in a nomination to one of the three awards at this event (Young Professional Award, Graduate Student Award, and Undergraduate Student Award). The MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet has become a marker for our organization and for the Institute. It has been growing every year and has been receiving more and more attention and press coverage. (See below for details on this year?s event and on how you can send in a nomination) Remember: You can either nominate someone for an award or nominate yourself. If you want to nominate someone else, don?t worry about having all the necessary documentation, as we can always contact the nominees for that. Also, remember that a $1,000 scholarship will be given with the two student awards. There are only 6 days left, so get your nominations in as soon as possible! Sincerely, Hazem M. Zureiqat Lead Organizer 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet hazemz at mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS E-MAIL ? ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT TO SEND IN YOUR NOMINATIONS! The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents: The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999) When: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 6pm to 9pm Where: Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards: Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards: 1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin. 2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab-American scientist or technologist. 3. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship. *** The MIT Arab Students Organization is seeking nominations for the Young Professional Award, the Undergraduate Student Award, and the Graduate Student Award. *** The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 29, 2008. Nominations should highlight the professional, academic and/or extra-curricular achievements of the nominees and include any supporting materials (publications, academic records, references, etc). Candidates can also nominate themselves. Nominations should be sent by email to: arab-comm at mit.edu and include the following: Name of nominee Title Address Phone number Fax number (if available) E-mail address A brief Nomination Statement. How does the nominee qualify for the award? Any supplementary material that support the nominee?s claim to the award The nominator?s (if any) name, title, address, phone and fax number, and e-mail address (Optional) The names and contact information of other people who would second the nomination. Qualifications and criteria for nomination (for all three awards): - The nominee must be an Arab or an Arab-American. - The nominee must be under 35 years of age. - The nominee?s CV must prove significant scientific and technical contributions. - The nominee has committed to continue contributing to his/her field. - Current MIT ASO officers must forfeit any promised financial returns from the awards to qualify. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee to be formed at MIT, and winners will be notified of the committee?s decisions by March 14. This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab community, not only in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous years is a testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab community and beyond. Please feel free to nominate professionals and students you know that you think have made great contributions to the community. Remember. You can nominate yourself!! About this year?s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed Zewail: Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale resolution. Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science and humanity. He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine, and literature from universities and institutions around the world including the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and international academies and societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations University. Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for a new vision of world order. Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California. (Source: Professor Zewail?s website) Tickets sale announcements will be made within the next few days. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the event! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/lebanon-events/attachments/20080224/0160b232/attachment.htm From zsaab at MIT.EDU Wed Feb 27 09:32:30 2008 From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:32:30 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] 'Deserted Riviera' is TONIGHT! Message-ID: <20080227093230.l1wvodayx3wwgwow@webmail.mit.edu> Dear All, 'Deserted Riviera' will be showing TONIGHT at 7:30pm. It will be followed by a Q&A session with producer, Iason Athanasiadis. DESERTED RIVIERA: TRAVELS IN POST-WAR LEBANON A documentary by Iason Athanasiadis, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation/Harvard University DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Building 6, Room 120 (6-120) http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=6&Buildings=go REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Please see below for more information on the documentary and the producer. We hope you can make it! Best, Zeina --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon. ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Writer, photographer and television producer, Iason Athanasiadis has been covering the Middle East, Central Asia and the southeast Mediterranean since 1999. He earned degrees in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). Athanasiadis lived in Iran from 2004-2007, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon for U.S., British and international media including the Times, the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, British Journalism Review and the South China Morning Post. He covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Qatar for al-Jazeera, the 2004 Athens Olympics for BBC World and the 2006 Israeli-Hizbullah war in Lebanon as a freelancer. At the same time, his photography has been featured in solo exhibitions in Germany, Greece and Iran, and his work published in Der Spiegel and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, Iason practices immersion journalism, without the support of fixers and translators. A native of Greece, Athanasiadis is currently a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is an Aristotle Onassis Foundation scholar. From hazemz at MIT.EDU Wed Feb 27 10:46:29 2008 From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:46:29 -0500 Subject: [LCM Events] Deadline extended till Sunday - Call for Nominations Message-ID: <000501c87957$eda35880$c8ea0980$@edu> *** NOTE: The deadline for submitting nomination has been extended to 6pm Sunday, March 2, 2008 *** PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS E-MAIL ? ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT TO SEND IN YOUR NOMINATIONS! The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents: The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999) When: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 6pm to 9pm Where: Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards: Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards: 1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin. 2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab-American scientist or technologist. 3. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship. *** The MIT Arab Students Organization is seeking nominations for the Young Professional Award, the Undergraduate Student Award, and the Graduate Student Award. *** The deadline for submitting nominations is 6pm on Sunday, March 2, 2008. Nominations should highlight the professional, academic and/or extra-curricular achievements of the nominees and include any supporting materials (publications, academic records, references, etc). Candidates can also nominate themselves. Nominations should be sent by email to: arab-comm at mit.edu and include the following: Name of nominee Title Address Phone number Fax number (if available) E-mail address A brief Nomination Statement. How does the nominee qualify for the award? Any supplementary material that support the nominee?s claim to the award The nominator?s (if any) name, title, address, phone and fax number, and e-mail address (Optional) The names and contact information of other people who would second the nomination. Qualifications and criteria for nomination (for all three awards): - The nominee must be an Arab or an Arab-American. - The nominee must be under 35 years of age. - The nominee?s CV must prove significant scientific and technical contributions. - The nominee has committed to continue contributing to his/her field. - Current MIT ASO officers must forfeit any promised financial returns from the awards to qualify. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee to be formed at MIT, and winners will be notified of the committee?s decisions by March 14. This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab community, not only in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous years is a testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab community and beyond. Please feel free to nominate professionals and students you know that you think have made great contributions to the community. Remember. You can nominate yourself!! About this year?s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed Zewail: Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale resolution. Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science and humanity. He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine, and literature from universities and institutions around the world including the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and international academies and societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations University. Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for a new vision of world order. Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California. (Source: Professor Zewail?s website) Tickets sale announcements will be made within the next few days. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the event! Kind Regards, Hazem M. Zureiqat Lead Organizer 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet hazemz at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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