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Egyptian American Society Newsletter   Vol. 2  Issue  16 - Nov 13, 2010

Egyptian Americans in the Bay Area: The Pioneers
Sami A Ibrahim 
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Sami Ibrahim was born in the great city of Alexandria. As a child and a teenager, he traveled extensively with his dad, a highly regarded chief mechanical engineer of the Egyptian Railroad System, visiting every major city in the Delta and the Suez Canal regions; the Upper Sinai coast all the way to Gaza and the Northern coast all the way to Marsa Matrouh.
Sami earned his BS degree from Ain Shams University then worked for one year at the National Research Center in Dokki, Cairo. He then went on to complete his graduate work at the University of Alberta in Canada (1959) and UC Davis (1961) where he met Marie, a native San Fraciscan and now his wife of 46 years.

For almost two years, he was a quality control junior chemist at the Shell Chemical Company in Martinez, CA. He then moved to the Bay area around 1967 where, for the past 4 decades, he has been studying and teaching analytical, organic and general chemistry at San Jose State University, Evergreen Valley College, and San Jose City College.

Sami's research deals with computer applications in chemistry and with Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), a cooperative and collaborative learning approach. His last submission, "Predicting the Atomic Weights of the Trans-Lawrencium Elements: A Novel Application of Deberiner's Triad", was featured in the Journal of Chemical Education. He is currently Emeritus Chemistry Professor at San Jose City College, serving on the Steering Committee of the Los Altos Voices for Peace (LAVP), the father of Mark, Magda and Mona and the blessed grandfather of six granddaughters and one grandson.


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EGYPT Country Specialist Needed 
Dec 7 & 8, 2010 in Encino, CA 


Aperian Global is a cross-cultural consulting and training firm that aim to develop the capabilities of individuals, teams, and organizations to work effectively across cultures in order to create a sustainable global future.

Aperian Global is looking for an Egypt "Country Specialist" (CS) to join their Lead Consultant on December 7th & 8th 2010 for a cross-cultural training in Encino, CA.

An Egypt CS is ideally a native Egyptian who has experience in Egypt. He/she typically joins the Lead Consultant for a full day, 9:00AM-5:00PM, to give a personal perspective on what it is like to live and work in Egypt. The CS will not be required to prepare a presentation, and simply needs to assist the training program with personal perspectives and experiences. There will be a monetary compensation of US$200 per full day session.

This particular program is for a high level plant manager of a global cement company, and his wife. In the coming weeks, they will be relocating to Cairo with their three young children for a three year assignment. They are interested in learning more about the family atmosphere of Cairo as well as integrating working styles of French and Egyptian employees. A Country Specialist is invited to provide anecdotal cultural/business specific advice and insight to the client throughout the training.  For example, the Lead Consultant may discuss differences in communication style between cultures and ask the Country Specialist to describe their experiences in business where differing communication styles were an issue. The CS is vital to the participant's smooth transition to their new culture.

If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity, please send your CV/resume to Christina Dinh [email protected].

November & December Events

November 14 in Oakland:

An Afternoon with Aswat

 

November 18-22 in Oakland:

The marriage of Chinese and Arabic Calligraphy

December 5 in Oakland:
Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects Mixer

Additional information at www.eascafe.org/events   

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