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American Lebanese Profile- LAWRENCE N. TADROSS

Past President of the Oriental Rug Importers Association 1980 to 1981. Still operates TADROSS & COMPANY oldest, importer, exporter, wholesaler and Retailer in the United States founded 1891. Tadross & Company is the Import Export Company. The retail wholesale company is called SILK ROAD TRADERS and the web sight is www.silkroadtraders.biz

Graduated New York University 1959. Served in U.S. Army 1960 to 1966. Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Stuart Florida. Named to Business Developement Board of Martin County. Active in Stuart/Martin Chamber of Commerce

Featured Book-
The Tomato war and Theomachy By EDMOND NICOLAS
A tale of love, life and Liberty.

On dark roads twisting through South and West Austin, in a little pizza delivery car filled with the aroma of melted cheese and pepperoni, Edmond Nicolas began to write the story of his people. Once a promising law student who fled civil war in his native Lebanon, Nicolas had traveled his own twisting road. Author Edmond Nicolas paints a portrait of life in Rasha, his small village that is located in the mountains of rural Lebanon.

On the book section of this site you can read articles about this book and find out how you can order a copy. This is a great gift idea.

You can also order an autographed copy by contacting the author at ednic7@juno.com or visit his website at www.geocities.com/tomato_wr.

Congratulations to the new officers of the American Lebanese Engineering Society.
We wish them success.

President: Hani Al-Dayaa
Treasurer: David Abichaker
Secretary: Salim Ayas
Director: Camil Jreige
Director: Nasri Bahnam
Director: Charles Sacre
Past President: Michel Hajjar
Past President: John Audi
Past President: Nabil Hourani

Please refer your American Lebanese Engineering friends to this organization.
For more information please visit www.ales-usa.com

Here is one of their recent press releases about operation "Peaceful Home"

ALNM Woman's Committee launches operation "Peaceful home"

The Woman's Committee has launched what may become the single most important project the American Lebanese National Movement (ALNM) will take on over the next few months. Operation "Peaceful Home" is the first of many projects the Woman's Committee has on its agenda. It is an aggressive and ambitious move to help secure adequate funding and resources for a woman's shelter that has so far survived on very limited resources.

Mrs. Eliane Sfeir Marcos, Chairwoman of the Woman's Committee is taking operation "Peaceful Home" to Lebanon as early as mid July. The Community of Maryam and Martha (CMM), a woman's shelter that has absorbed, counseled and rehabilitated over 120 women and 25 children over the last five years, is scheduled to have their annual Fundraising event on July 22^nd, 2005. "The need of CMM is two-fold," Stated Mrs. Marcos; "Not only do they need the most basic resources to maintain operation, but they also need major funding to finish building their Rehabilitation Center which is aimed to help more women and children. We must all come together, men and women, to help the women in need. These women are basically our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. "

Miriam Habib, Miss Lebanese Emigrant 2003 and Chairwoman of the Youth Committee will join Mrs. Marcos at the Fundraising event. "This is very important to me as a young woman," stated Miss. Habib. "It breaks my heart to know that many Lebanese women are enduring domestic violence, abuse, incest or neglect. It is so difficult to believe that this can be happening in our own country. But it is and we must face that reality. We want these women to know we are here for them and that we will do whatever it takes to keep their safety net well protected."

ALNM is working to bring hope to those who have none. "It is sad when your neighborhood shows no love or compassion for the wounded women of our country," stated Mrs. Marcos; "Peaceful Home" will soon launch a massive fundraising event in Houston to support the Community of Maryam and Martha (CMM) www.cmmlebanon.org. We call on all Lebanese and friends of Lebanon worldwide to join our efforts to put an end to domestic violence, abuse, incest and neglect in our Lebanese homes. Being indifferent to domestic violence is a crime in and by itself."

For more information on operation Peaceful Home, contact Mrs. Eliane Sfeir Marcos, Chairwoman of the Woman's Committee at woman@alnm.net

The American Lebanese National Movement (ALNM) is a non-profit, charitable and civil association with no political or religious character. For more information please contact the Public Information Officer Dr.Hamid Kantara
(832) 771-2442 Email: PIO@alnm.net

Dear Friends,

Our web site: www.houseoflebanon.com has taken a new look. Robbi Matar, the architect of the new design, has donated his time to come up with this attractive and informative format. We have included photos of the "Pride of Heritage" Banquet. You can place an order directly from the web-site for any of the photos. For our friends who have already placed photo orders, we apologize to you for the delay, and request kindly if you can place your order again. We have not charged your credit cards, as we were not set up to do so. Now we have an account with Pay Pal who, at no cost to you, will charge your credit card and we will send you the photos directly from the photo lab.

Please give us your feed back about the new web-site. We like to keep improving it to better communicate with you.

Best regards, Kanan Hamzeh.

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	Website Update
	American Lebanese Profile
	Featured Book- By Edmond Nicolas
	American Lebanese Engineering Society
	American Lebanese National Movement
	House of Lebanon

	International links page added to the main menu for international Lebanese links.
	www.cedarsconsulting.com US > websites. Affordable and customer oriented website design and service.
	www.unitedforlebanon.com US > websites. Official unity and independence wristbands. Portion of proceeds from wristbands will be donated to various charities within Lebanon.