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Egyptian American Society Newsletter   Vol. 2  Issue  1 - January 18, 2010
INTEL IN BENI SUEF


I Am From This Country!
An article by Dina Ghobashi
 
DinaGIt was 7pm on Friday September 18th, when I received the 'Congratulations you have been selected out of 200 applicants' email, two hours after the deadline had passed along with my hopes. I jumped and danced from joy! I have been asked to be the project manager for the Intel Education Service Corps team going to Egypt. It's always been a desire to find a way to merge my information technology experience with my passion for education development in my country and the rest of the Middle East. 
 
500 Intel-powered classmate PCs had been donated to Egypt's Ministry of Education, and the Ministry generously allocated them to CARE Egypt for this program. These classmate PCs (CMPCs) will benefit 13,000 students, over 56% of whom are girls.  CARE places special emphasis on investing in girls out of a strong belief that their empowerment benefits whole communities. Together with four other Intel employees and our NGO partner, CARE Egypt, we spent a little over two weeks working in rural villages outside the governorates of El Minya and Beni Suef in Upper Egypt (a couple hundred kilometers south of Cairo).
EAS Holiday Party
Celebrating Dr. Emil Tanagho 
 
Jan2010
The EAS party celebrating January 7th Coptic Chrismas was a big success by all accounts and testimonies.
 
Thanks to a great team effort, we had 120 people in attendance, many of whom came specifically to acknowledge Dr. Emil Tanagho, the recipient of the EAS 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award.
 
Ambassador and Mrs. Hesham ElNakib joined the party and enjoyed our fun and diverse  program which included opening remarks by EAS President, Mrs. Magda Danish,  a video presentation showcasing Dr. Tanagho's achievements by Dr. Ossama Hassanein, a folkloric show by Hala Dance Troupe, and two hours of singing and dancing with Samy Ihsan.
 
The EAS would like to thank our generous sponsors:
  • Dr. & Mrs. Lotfi Basta
  • Dr. & Mrs. Atef ElToukhy
 
and the EAS team of volunteers: 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Esmat Abdel Malek
  • Mrs. Ziza Badawi
  • Dr. Sherif Danish
  • Mr. Mohamed ElDib
  • Mrs. Amal Girgis
  • Mrs. Hoda Hassan
  • Dr. Ossama Hassanein
  • Mr. Tamer Hassanein
Pictures of the event provided by various EAS members can be viewed here
EAS Tribute to Dr. Emil Tanagho can be viewed here 
More pictures kindly provided by Mrs. Marjan Hassanein can be viewed here