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" Make your life a mission- not an intermission. "
Dr. Joanna Medawar Nachef, is recognized as the first woman conductor
from the Middle East. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Nachef moved to Los Angeles
in 1977. She is the Director of Choral Activities at El Camino College. She
earned her B.M. in piano performance from California State University, Dominguez
Hills, received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Master of Music degree in
Choral Music from the University of Southern California. Nachef is on the
faculty of California State University Dominguez Hills, the California Academy
of Mathematics and Science, and the Artistic Director for Los Cancioñeros Master
Chorale. As a church musician, she served as Minister of Music at Peninsula
Community Church from 1980 - 1997, and is their choir director at the present
time. Dr. Nachef was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America
in 1986 and one of 1996's Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
On the national scene she has directed both locally and in guest appearances in
motion pictures and with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra of Orange County and the
Carson-Dominguez Hills Orchestra. Internationally, she has conducted her
community chorus in Eastern Europe, and Canada. She also has been touring with
the El Camino College Chorale since 1997 with performances in San Francisco; San
José; Carnegie Hall, New York; San Diego and a Hawai’i concert series on the
island of O’ahu. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Torrance
Performing Arts Consortium, a board member of the Lebanese Ladies Cultural
Society, and the African Diaspora of Sacred Music.
In the summer of 2004, Dr. Nachef was selected to participate in a new program
initiated by the United States Department of State entitled Global Education
Through Technology. As speaker and “Citizen Diplomat”, she traveled to Italy and
Lebanon to implement this “virtual-classroom” about world cultures, led master
classes in choral music and planned future collaborations of cultural exchanges.
The City of Torrance Cultural Arts Commission honored Dr. Nachef by selecting
her as the recipient of the “2005 Excellence in Arts Award” in Music.
On May 29th, 2005, Dr. Nachef gave her conducting debut at Carnegie Hall, New
York. She led the New England Symphonic Ensemble and a 240 voice choir in
Schubert’s Mass in G. Mid America Productions has once again invited Dr. Nachef
to appear at Carnegie Hall on March 25, 2007, to conduct Mozart’s “Coronation
Mass”.
As the holiday season approaches, please consider the books we have featured this year as gift for your friends or loved ones. This supports the author and makes a great gift and promotes our heritage. Below are some of the books we have featured. There are other books that will be of interest to any age groups. These make a great gift for any occassion. Please click here for more details.
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Little Book of Love Quotes Compiled by Nina Abi Fadel and Caroline McCabe-Hariz This book is truly a heart to heart, in that the concepts of love from the hearts of these children will help to save the hearts of other children. For each book sold, 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Brave Heart Fund at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) to help provide financial assistance toward surgery and treatment for needy children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
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 Lebanon A to Z: A Middle Eastern Mosaic
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The Poenicians; Lebanon's Epic Heritage
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 Lebanon 1-2-3 A Counting Book in Three Languages |
 From Lebanon to California, by Dr. Henry Zeiter |
 Will the Sun rise again? |
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Featured website www.hirelebanese.com
After months of hard work we are happy to announce a new initiative that can
benefit Lebanese people worldwide. The site is a free service. We are
launching a marketing campaign next week so if you wish to post your resume or
post jobs this will be a good
time. Please forward this email to Lebanese candidates and companies and
businesses worldwide.
A joint effort by the President of the Lebanese International Business Council
and the founder of Lebanon Expats has brought on a new
initiative aimed at facilitating job opportunities for Lebanese worldwide.
Hire Lebanese
www.hirelebanese.com is an internet based job board recruiting agent with a
goal to market the Lebanese workforce as one. "Lebanese have built a
reputation for brains and productivity so let's capitalize on our reputation and
centralize our efforts to succeed. Our goal is to gather resumes for Lebanese
citizens worldwide and then market our talent as one group," said Rabih
Mogharbel, co-founder of
www.hirelebanese.com and founder of Lebanon Expats.
"HireLebanese.com is also dedicated to servicing businesses in Lebanon ,
corporations in Middle East and Lebanese managers worldwide who seek Lebanese
candidates. We encourage all businesses seeking Lebanese talent from around the
globe to reach out to them at HireLebanese.com. Hire Lebanese is a Free service
for employers and job seekers ", said Dr. Nassib Fawaz, co-founder of the site
and President of the Lebanese International Business Council.
HireLebanese.com is launching at critical times when the country is
rebuilding and seeks expertise in many fields. This is also a critical time for
young professionals seeking to gain international experience.
"I am a recent graduate seeking international experience and want to come back
to Lebanon after a few years to start my own outsourcing business. I like the
idea that hirelebanese.com is dedicated to Lebanese citizens only," stated Tony
Jawhar, graphic designer from Beirut.
" I am Lebanese Canadian seeking employment in Lebanon or the Middle East to be
closer to home. I feel that a website like Hire Lebanese is long over due and
believe it can play a role in making this happen for me and many Lebanese
abroad", said Mohammad El-Tawil, engineer from Windsor Ontario.
To learn more about this new initiative visit
www.hirelebanese.com .
Regards,
Rabih Mogharbel
Celebration of the Arts. www.houseoflebanon.com
Join us for the first celebration of the Arts: Visual Artists, Writers,
Musicians, Singers, Dancers, and Actors.
First Annual House of Lebanon "Celebration of the Arts"
Fine Art Exhibition: Artists participating are: George Chamaa, Carole Choucair
Oueijan, Michelle Constantine, Jeanice Deeb, Dalaa Faytrouni, Reem Hammad, Wafa
Tarafi, Carole William Gelker, Joseph Hawa, Mohammad Kaakati and John Hajjar.
Musical Performances: Artists participating are:
1-Comedian Louie Saad, M. C., who will be representing all the artists, also
performing and impersonating president George W. Bush.
2-Fidel Fayad - Vocal
3-Naser Musa - Vocal & Oud
4-Joseph Chamaa - Violin and his Baalbeck Ensemble
5-Nadine El-Khoury - Vocal
6-Mary Fakhoury - Vocal
7-Maurice Raad - Vocal
8-Dzovig Seferian - Vocal
9-Karim Cheik Ali- Spoken word
10-Nabila Mituali- Dance
Directed by Joelle Ferrando
Date: Friday November 3rd, 2006
Time: Fine Art Exhibition and Reception: Starts at 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM,
Dinner and Concert at: 7:30 PM Location: Marriott Los Angeles Downtown
Address: 333 S. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: 213-617-1133
Admission: $65 per person, Dinner included.
For reservations, please call or email Carole Choucair Oueijan, cell (626)
290-0315 or ArtbyCarole@msn.com
American Lebanese Engineering Society
Please share this with your American-Lebanese friends or contact who are in the engineering or science field.
Please accept this invitation to renew your ALES yearly membership or become a member if you are not one. Thanks to your past participation and support, we were able to accomplish many goals in the past year: maintain and enhance the ALES website, grow the ALES scholarship program, have a very successful annual dinner, be one of the sponsors of TECHLEB|06, and establish the Rebuild Lebanon Information Center.
ALES endeavors to promote the advancement of Lebanese American Engineers and Scientists. The organization needs your support and encourages your active participation in order to better achieve its mission.
Please take a moment to fill and submit the membership application. We hope you can continue to be a member and look forward to your ongoing support and involvement. For your convenience, you can now fill the membership application online at:
Best Regards,
Hani Al-Dayaa
On behalf of the ALES board of directors
Assisting Lebanese
Children
The Shriners Hospital in Los Angeles in collaboration with Rotary is offering
free of charge to treat an injured or sick Lebanese child. Our obligation is
to raise the resources for room and board for the accompanying parent/guardian
and the airline tickets. We need your help in promoting this project to your
contacts here and in Lebanon and to raise money for the airline tickets and
the room and board, we estimate to be approximately $8,000.00-$10,000.00 per
child.
The Shriners Hospital specializes in the following areas:
| Amputation or deficiency of limbs Arthrogryposis Back problems Cleft lip and palate Club feet Deformities due to burns Dislocated hip Genetics |
Hip Dysplasia Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Legg-Perthes disease Leg length discrepancies Microtia Musculoskeletal disorders Orthopedic congenital deformities Orthopedic sports injuries |
Ontogenesis imperfecta Pediatric and orthopedic problems related to Cerebral palsy and Spina bifida Polio Reconstructive surgery Rickets Scar revision Scoliosis |
Children from birth to 17 years of age may apply for admission to Shriners
Hospitals for Children- Los Angeles
www.shrinershq.org
For further details, do not hesitate to call me 323-465-6591 or email me
ferris@labeirut.org
Ferris Wehbe
President of the Los Angels Beirut Sister City Committee
www.labeirut.org
Fundraiser Event: Lebanon, a survival story
A folkroric Zajal Group including dinner
November 11th / Brooklyn, New York
Click here for poster with all the details.
Click here for press release and more event details and contacts.
The American Lebanese National Mission (ALNM) will be sending a delegation to Lebanon in November to meet with government officials, party leaders and various people of interest. ALNM will hold its November Monthly meeting in Lebanon as opposed to our usual location in Houston . We would like to invite our friends and those who may be visiting Lebanon during that time to join us at our November meeting. We will announce the exact date, time and location closer to mid November. Our guest speaker will be announced at a later time as well. For more information on our office and activities in Lebanon , please contact Dr. Mazin Moufarij, ALNM Ambassador to Lebanon at ambassador@alnm.net
Sincerely,
Dr. Hamid Kantara
ALNM Chairman
www.alnm.net
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