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practitioner, and a motivational speaker.
Most recently, she became the founding
president of the Lebanese Coach Associa-
tion which as among the very few in the
MENA region. In addition, she’s a council
member in WAAAUB and a member of
the Lebanese Psychological Association.
Samar Fouad Ibrahim
is working as Head
Of Retail Department at Bank Misr Liban.
’87
Jihad Srage
completed his engineering
studies in AUB, then went on to do his
masters degree at the University of Mich-
igan-Ann Arbor. “That was the beginning
of my transformation meeting with a
diverse culture and adapting to that diver-
sity,” he writes. He has then taken part of
what was a critical achievement in the
history of physics where he was part of a
team that built the system that discovered
the Top Quark in 1994, the smallest par-
ticle known to man. He pursued his MBA
at the University of Chicago after that, and
moved on to the world of business starting
in wireless telecom in 1998 and staying
in that industry till now. He returned to
the Middle East and Dubai specifically
after 17 years in the US, taking the role
of President of Middle East and Africa
region for a US-based blue chip company
Qualcomm Inc. He is married with three
boys of 9, 6 and 2 who “I will hope would
become IC graduates following the family
tradition (my brother, 2 cousins, 2 uncles,
and others have led the way).”
‘89
Hilda Harb
, Bsc., MPH received her
BSC in Environmental Health at AUB-
FHS, and a Master of Public Health-Epi-
demiology and Biostatistics at AUB-FHS
as well. She is currently the Head of
Statistics Department at the Ministry of
Public Health in Lebanon.
‘90
Zahi Haidar
completed medical school
at AUB in 97, and Masters in Business at
the University of Rochester, Rochester,
NY. He completed pediatric training at
AUB and SUNY, Syracuse, NY in 2004
and Neonatology at Golisano Children
Hospital in Rochester, NY in 2007. He is
currently residing and practicing neo-
natology at Phoenix Children Hospital
with NAL and hold a clinical assistant
professor position at the University of
Arizona. He is also the medical director
of the Neonatal ICU at Phoenix Baptist
Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He recently got
married to Rana Sabra (Sept 2010) and
currently lives in Phoenix, AZ.
WalidTabanji
and his wife, Nesreen, were
blessed with a boy, Alexander, born on July
19th in Dubai.They have two other sons:
Ramzi and Edward.
‘93
Nadia Jaroudi (Raad)
graduated from
IC in 1993 and went on to study archi-
tecture at AUB and graduated in 1999.
She is married to Hani Raad and has two
wonderful children, who both attend IC.
Tamara (born Oct 16, 2000) is now in
CM2 and Ziad (born Aug 3, 2005) is in
GS, both about to «graduate» this June.
She is currently working with her brother
Tammam (also IC alumni, 1994) who is a
civil engineer in their own office in Beirut,
Jaroudi Management Group. “I will never
forget my years at IC that gave me hap-
piness, eagerness to learn new things and
confidence to try anything, which I now see
in my children›s eyes every day,” she writes.
‘94
Emile Tabanji
and his wife, Samar were
blessed with a girl Siena, born on October 19
in Beirut.They have another daughter: Reya.
‘95
Ahmad Ghannoum
got married on June
2nd. Her name is Raya Ounsi (Not an
IC alumni).
Fadi G. Mirza
, M.D. relocated to the
United States for specialty training after
graduating from AUB with a medical
degree in 2002. He pursued a four-year
residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
at Tufts University in Boston followed by
a three-year fellowship in Maternal-Fetal
Medicine at Columbia University in New
York City. Upon completion of his training,
Fadi joined the faculty at Columbia Uni-
versity Medical Center, where he currently
spends his time in patient care, education,
and research. Fadi will be moving back to
Lebanon this summer along with his wife,
Lama, and son, Jad. He will join the Ameri-
can University of Beirut Medical Center.
Nadine Maktabi
and husband Has-
san, moved to Beirut from Riyadh
in 2006 where she worked as a me-
dia manager in JWT.The couple just
opened in Beirut their Fine Persian rug
Boutique, «CYRUS MAKTABI» in
Ashrafieh,Independence avenue, special-
izing in modern and oriental carpets and
kilims. Cyrus Maktabi›s Core competi-
tive service is designing any tailor made
hand woven carpet within our client
specification in size color and design, and
having it ready within five months period.
Their daughter Karen is enjoying IC be-
ing in CE1, and their son Abdallah has
joined IC last year, and is now in KGII. “It
is really beautiful to get first hand quality
education in a great institution like IC, our
dear alma mater where all the pleasure of
learning grows hand by hand with a rich
extra curriculum activities, social work, and
the support of excellent educators,”she
writes. After moving from Riyadh in 2006
where she worked, Nadine Maktabi (1995)
and husband Hassan Maktabi.
‘96
Dr.
Marwan M. Refaat
is a cardiologist
specializing in cardiac electrophysiology.
In May 2011, Dr. Refaat was the recipient
of the Heart Rhythm Society Kenneth
M. Rosen Fellowship Award in Cardiac
Pacing and Electrophysiology. In April
2011, Dr. Refaat was a recipient of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arab Students’ Organization Science and
Technology Young Professional Achieve-
ment Award. Dr. Refaat graduated from
the International College in 1996 with
Distinction and was a recipient of the
International College Scholar Award
and the International College Alumni
Association Award. After receiving his
MD degree from AUB, Dr. Refaat moved
to the United States where he completed
an internship and residency program in
internal medicine at the Massachusetts
General Hospital and Harvard Medi-
cal School in Boston, Massachusetts. He
completed a fellowship in cardiovascular
medicine at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center in 2010 and was the
recipient of Dr. Galal M. Ziady Memo-
rial Award for Excellence in Care of the
Cardiac Patient in June 2010. Dr. Refaat is