Staying connected
Cecilia el Moudaber (B.S. ’82) obtained her master’s in business management from Université du Quebec à Chicoutimi. She has also achieved her Senior Professional in Human Recourses certification (SPHR) from Morgan International in Lebanon. Cecilia lives in Beirut, where she is an instructor in human resources and soft skills courses at Haigazian University and Université Saint-Joseph’s École supérieure d’ingénieurs de Beyrouth. She previously worked as a human resources consultant and capacity developer in various sectors, including education, luxury, healthcare and banking. Fadi Sidani (B.S. ’83) obtained his master’s in business from the University of Kansas. He currently lives in Dubai, where he is a partner in charge of Enterprise Risk Services ME at Deloitte Middle East. Fadi previously worked at Andersen Global. Nader Sobh (B.S. ’83) obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Colorado Boulder. Nader lives in Lebanon, where he teaches mathematics to
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twelfth-grade students at the Canadian High School and calculus at the Iman Pilot School. He has also written mathematics guidebooks for Lebanese baccalaureate students. Now that Nader’s youngest daughter has graduated in June from Beirut Arab University majoring in civil engineering, all four of his children — two boys and two girls — are all engineers. Sumaya Khauli (B.A. ’87) obtained her master’s in film from Boston University. Sumaya lives in Dubai, where she is an assistant professor of digital production and storytelling in the School of Communication at the American University of Dubai. She previously worked as head of production for Future TV and a consultant for Dubai TV. Sumaya is married and has three children. Rami T. Khodr (B.S. ’88) obtained his master’s in microbiology from Middlesex University in the U.K and his Ph.D. in food microbiology from California State University. Rami lives in Lebanon and spends his summers in Paphos, Cyprus. He is a part owner of Cure Development Co. Saudi Arabia, which specializes in hospital and food industry disinfecting. He is also the owner of RBML labs, which specialize in food and water testing. Rami is the holder of a patent in hydrogen stabilized with silver nitrate registered in Lebanon, GCC and the U.K. (under evaluation). He previously worked as a sales representative for Philips
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Medical Equipment, then as regional sales manager for Philips’ Middle East and Africa division, before starting his own business in 2008. Rami is married to AUB medical lab graduate Rola Karameh. They have twin 19 year-old boys, both of whom are LAU students (Ragheed is a biology premed and Ribal is a business major). Nahel Wehbe (B.S. ’91) lives in Kuwait, where he is a senior consultant for KBF International for Information and Computer Systems. Previously he was the director of sales and marketing at Jeddah Cable Company in Saudi Arabia. He moved back to Lebanon in 2014 with one purpose in mind: to come back home and invest in a career in the biggest cable manufacturing company in Lebanon. So, he joined Liban Cables and took on its distribution activity. Mazen Sinno (B.S. ’93) lives in Saudi Arabia, where he is a sales manager at E.A. Juffali & Brothers. Mazen is father to three daughters. Ahmad Ghandour (B.S. ’94) lives in Beirut, where he is the administrative manager at SACCAL Enterprises. Maher Kaddoura (B.S. ’95) obtained his M.B.A. from Abu Dhabi University. He lives in Abu Dhabi, where he is the human resources and administrative manager at Gulf Fluor LLC. page 63
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Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi (B.A. ’76) obtained her Ph.D. in the history of Islamic art and architecture from Harvard University after having received her master’s in Arabic literature from AUB. Ghada lives in Kuwait, where she is currently the president of World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region. She was previously the curator of Kuwait’s Islamic Museum (Dar al-Athar alIslamiya) and the director of the country’s Research and Cultural Studies Department at its National Crafts Council of Arts & Letters. Three of her grandchildren have married, two of whom are LAU graduates, Sama Qaddumi (B.A. ’04) and Tareq Qaddumi (B.S. ’03).
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Aida Awar (A.A. ’50) obtained her bachelor’s degree with a double major in French and Spanish and a minor in Italian, Portuguese and Religious Studies from California State University in Long Beach, California, where she subsequently worked as an administrative secretary at the Department of Foreign Languages for eight years. Now retired, family takes up much of Aida’s time as she organizes frequent get-togethers for her son and three daughters, and her six grandchildren aged between 10 and 28, as well as husbands and boyfriends. Every year, Aida makes the effort to visit family and friends in Lebanon.