Staying connected and Project Management at Paris Descartes University, she also teaches part-time at four universities: Lebanese, Haigazian, Rafic Hariri and AUB. Mona is vice president and marketing director of PMI’s Lebanon Chapter and lives in Beirut, where she is married to fellow computer science graduate Hadi Araoui (B.S. ’93), with whom she has three children: Mohammad, Wassim and Moyenne. Lana Khalaf (M.B.A. ’06) is the country manager at Microsoft Qatar in Doha, having previously served as the company’s public sector director. Kamal al Khatib (M.B.A. ’06) is deputy division head at the Capital Markets Authority of Lebanon. Kamal currently lives in Beirut. Computer science graduate Marwan Abi Khalil (M.S. ’08) is the CEO - Digital Strategist of VIBRANTlab, a full-service digital marketing agency he founded in Lebanon that helps businesses connect with their target audiences through intelligent design, marketing and technology. www.vibrantlab.com Walid al Nahdi (B.S. ’08) works as a senior associate for business development in the Asset Management Department of Jadwa Investment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Walid began his career as a buy side investment research analyst, after which he moved to wealth management before going into business development. Having graduated with a degree in Business Banking and Finance, he obtained his M.B.A. this year from Hult International Business School, San Francisco, Shanghai, London. Elie-Jacques Fares (B.S. ’08) is an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at AUB. After having completed his degree in biology, Elie-Jacques went on to obtain his Doctorate of Philosophy in Natural Science from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Elie-Jacques is married and lives in Beirut. Nathalie Maalouf (B.S. ’08) currently works as a software developer at Banque Libano-Francaise in Lebanon. After having completed her degree in business information technology management, Nathalie went on to obtain an M.B.A. from the University of Leicester in the U.K. page 64
Racha Sabbagh Dit Hawasli (Pharm.D. ’08, B.S. ’07) is a consultant at the Centre for Clinical and Health Outcome for Access (CCHO), a healthcare consultancy firm that houses the first center for health economics and outcome research dedicated to the MENA region. Based in Lebanon, the center provides market access, health economics and research services for both the public and private sectors in the healthcare industry. Previously, Racha held community and hospital pharmacy positions, as well as being a teaching assistant at Kingston University London, where she is currently working towards her Ph.D. in Pharmacy and Toxicology. Having completed her degree in graphic design with an emphasis on print design, Anna Sleiman (B.S. ’09) is now working as a senior media manager at Starcom Mediavest Group in Dubai. Carmen Zaarouri (B.S. ’09) was recently promoted to Account Director (Levant) at Mirum Agency, previously Cleartag, where she had worked as a project manager. Carmen completed her degree in business information technology management and currently lives in Lebanon.
Dory Azzam (B.S. ’12) is the Internal Audit Department manager at the Mediterranean and Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance (Medgulf ). After graduating with a degree in business banking and finance, Dory moved to Angola but soon returned to Lebanon to start his career at Medgulf as a junior internal auditor. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to senior internal auditor responsible for Lebanon, Bahrain and Qatar and then head of the Internal Audit Department. During this time, he founded, along with a group of friends, Moubadarat wa Kararat (Initiatives and Decisions), an NGO specializing in development, advocacy and leadership, for which Dory acts as financial manager. His younger brother Michel is currently an undergraduate at LAU majoring in computer science. Abdo Salam Hamade (B.A. ’12) is a quality systems manager at Dalla’a General Hospital, as well as being a healthcare quality and management consultant. The political science and international affairs graduate went on to obtain an M.S. in
Sarah Alaeddine (B.S. ’11) worked as a pharmacist at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital and a part time hospital preceptor at LAU before moving to Nigeria, where she currently resides with her husband. Sarah had previously obtained an M.S. in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy from University College London. Hadeel Dbaibo (B.A. ’11) is the outreach coordinator for the TAMAM Project at AUB’s Department of Education. Previously, Hadeel had worked in the education sector for five years in positions ranging from preschool teacher to learning mentor at War Child Holland in the UNHCR Program to research assistant at LAES and CLS. She has also had several experiences in youthempowering NGOs. After completing a degree in education, she went on to obtain an M.A. in Education in Elementary English Language from AUB. Having completed his degree in business marketing, Akram Narsh (B.S. ’11) now works as a managing director at SBE, a multinational consulting company based in Switzerland.
Lebanese writer Emily Nasrallah (A.A. ’56) counted among the recipients of the 2017 Goethe Medal for outstanding service for international cultural dialogue. Every year, the Goethe-Institut honors nonGermans for their work by giving them the Goethe medal, an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. Themed “language is the key” this year, the award highlighted the work of three courageous women who took a stance on taboo subjects in their societies. Nasrallah is one of the most renowned authors in the Middle East. Her literary work mostly focuses on the village life in the South of Lebanon, women’s rights activism, and the Lebanese civil war.