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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'">John Boghossian<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Mechanical Engineering and Economics<br>428 Memorial Drive<br>Cambridge MA 02139<br>(617)710-2411</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'"> </font></span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'">|</font></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'"><a href="mailto:jbogoss@mit.edu">jbogoss@mit.edu</a></font><br><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Daria Michelle Kaboli <<a href="mailto:dkaboli@MIT.EDU">dkaboli@MIT.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">April 11, 2011 12:47:50 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:'middle_east_biz@sloan.mit.edu">'middle_east_biz@sloan.mit.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:'middle_east_biz@sloan.mit.edu">'middle_east_biz@sloan.mit.edu</a>'>, "<a href="mailto:d.alkekhia@gmail.com">d.alkekhia@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:d.alkekhia@gmail.com">d.alkekhia@gmail.com</a>>, John G Boghossian <<a href="mailto:jbogoss@mit.edu">jbogoss@mit.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Middle East Events in the coming weeks</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hi MENA Club,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Below are more updates with events taking place in Cambridge this week and next, as well as a message from a report that recently came out on VC investment process in MENA. Have a good week!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Daria<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Guide to Venture Capital in MENA</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was recently launched by the MENA Private Equity Association. Not only the guide explains the concept of VC, but through chapters such as "VC Investment Process", "Stories and Examples" and "Funding Opportunities and Support", it details the steps to getting funding and selection criteria used by VC firms. It is a practical “How To” guide for entrepreneurs looking to receive funding and prospective VC professionals interested in the industry. To download the VC guide, visit <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.menapea.com/vc/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.menapea.com/vc/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Monday April 11, 7:00-9:00PM, MIT - Stata building -Room 32-141<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Social Entrepreneurship and the Civil Society in Egypt:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">the story of Nahdet El Mahrousa NGO<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Ayman Ismail, PhD, is the co-founder and Managing Partner in Enovio, a strategy management consulting firm operating in the US and the Middle East. Prior to that, he was a consultant in McKinsey & Company, based in New York for several years. Ayman has also consulted and conducted research for international organizations such as the World B...ank and UNCTAD, as well as multiple US government agencies. Ayman is a former Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He received his PhD in International Economic Development and Master in City Planning and Geographic Information Systems from MIT. He also holds a bachelor degree in engineering and an MBA from the American University in Cairo. Ayman is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Nahdet El-Mahrousa, a leading non-profit organization incubating social entrepreneurs and social ventures targeting economic and social development issues in Egypt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Monday April 11, 7:30-9:00PM, Wellesley College<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" style="width: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td width="11%" style="width: 0px; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "></td><td width="89%" style="width: 0px; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "></td><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="98%" style="width: 1055px; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><br>Please join us on Monday, April 11 from 7:30-9:00PM for "<b>Revolt and Repression in the Middle East</b>. " This panel discussion features<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Madeleine Korbel Albright</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'59, U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001 and <b>Nicholas Burns</b>, Professor of Diplomacy and International Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government and will be moderated by Roxanne Euben, the Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science. The event will be held in the Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall auditorium. Parking is available in the Davis Parking facility, as you enter the campus from Route 135.<br><br>If you are unable to join us in person, the event will be will be <a href="http://www.alumniconnections.com/links/link.cgi?l=2073793&h=4892378&e=WLS-20110404134748" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: black; ">streamed live online</span></a> and available afterwards at:<a href="http://www.alumniconnections.com/links/link.cgi?l=2073794&h=4892378&e=WLS-20110404134748" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: black; ">http://www.wellesley.edu/Albright/index2.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 11.25pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Saturday, April 16 · 11:00am - 3:00pm, MIT Ca<span style="color: black; ">mpus- Stratton Student Center-The Lobdell Dining Hall, 84 Massachusetts Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Tahrir Square Festival – A Fundraiser for Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="492" style="width: 369pt; border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td width="80" valign="top" style="width: 60pt; padding-top: 2.25pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 2.25pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 11.25pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Join us as we celebrate, commemorate, and support the Egyptian<br>revolution. Immerse yourself in the history, culture and strength of a rising new Egypt. You will also have the opportunity to walk through a visual storyline starting with the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions and continuing onto the current events unfolding across the Arab world today.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Tuesday April 19, 2:30-3:30pm, Harvard Kennedy School<span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Speech Title</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">: “Emerging Morocco: A gate to opportunities”</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Morocco has witnessed an accelerated process of political economic and social reforms over the last decade. This enables Morocco to be considerate as a regional competitive hub in the global economy. Morocco's authorities as well as private sector are fully committed to increasing the competitiveness of the economy and attractiveness to international investment. The talk will first focus on the political situation that the region is witnessing, second on the Moroccan Economy and its strategic development plans then third on the investment opportunities.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "> </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">About the Speaker:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Ahmed Réda Chami was born in 1961 in Casablanca, has graduated from the prestigious engineering school, Ecole Centrale in Paris, and holds an MBA from UCLA. He has worked at Microsoft for 11 years, as the general manager of North and west Africa and head the South East Asia region. In October 2007, he has been appointed as a minister of Industry, Trade and new Technologies in charge of Investments.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Time & Location</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">:</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">The seminar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19, 2:30 – 3:30 pm in the Allison Dining Room of the Kennedy’s School’s Taubman building, 5<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>floor. A map and directions can be found here:<a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/contact#heading_02" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: black; ">www.hks.harvard.edu/about/contact#heading_02</span></a>.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Daria Kaboli<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">MIT Sloan School of Management | Harvard Kennedy School<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">MBA | MPA in International Development<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">Joint Degree Candidate 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">703-822-3838</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>