Cedar News Feb 2003

Contents Of This Issue:

The Quote
"We cannot become what we need to be, by staying what we are." - Max Depree. One aspect of good leadership is creating positive change. Without change there can be no improvement.
 

Featured personality - Shakira

Shakira Sweeps MTV Latin Video Awards
Shakira was the big winner at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica last year Oct. 2002 at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach. The Colombian star (who says her father is 100% Lebanese), won in all five categories in which she was nominated: artist and video of the year, best female artist, best pop artist, and best artist-North. The mostly Spanish show aired live on MTV's three Latin American feeds and on MTV2 in the U.S. It will air Nov. 1 on MTV in the U.S., marking the first time the network will carry a non-English-language special. There are several websites about her one of them is www.shakira.com 
 

Feature Site-  Shoofimafi Web Site www.ShooFiMaFi.com

The coordinators are from Canada and the U.S. They are not affiliated with any political parties, they are just Lebanese and proud of it. They publish articles written by Lebansese from all over the world.  Some of the main features that are very popular: a- Recipes from Lebanon, b- Let's talk Lebanese, c- web-magazined and d- Music. This is a 100% Lebanese site.  Make sure you write the coordinators to congratulate them on their excellent work.

Letters From Our Readers  (An email from Ms. Guerra in Beliz).

I am told by my grandparents that my great-great grandparents came from  Lebanon as merchants to Belize in Central America(this is where I  live). There are many people here who are of Lebanese decent. My family includes surnames such as Habet and Marin. This fact has always made me  curious to know more about Lebanon and Lebanese Culture.This web page is
exciting to read because lots of people I like watching on television  have Lebanese backgrounds and I did not know that before. Is there any  way that I can get to know more about the Lebanese culture. If so please e-mail me. Thank you.