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Congratulations to our first AIS couple, Haled Nabih and Dalia Shakarchi who got married in April 1998. They are now expecting their first baby… Yasmin Shafei who graduated from AUC and with a B.A. in Political Science has worked at the Marketing Department at Procter and Gamble Egypt for 1.5 years and is currently looking for work in development. She is also engaged to Amr Haniza who works at the Egyptian Embassy in China. Maybe soon we’ll be hearing some wedding bells! Ranya El Gammal who graduated from AUC and with a B.A. in Mass Communication has worked at MM for Trade and Distribution Department Stores as a buyer and merchandiser for ladieswear for 3 years. Sherine Riad worked for three years in the PR Department at Gezira Sheraton and is now PR Manager of the place. She had her picture in Al Akhbar newspaper … Way to go Sherine…!! Samer Sallam is Business Development Manager of Olympic Group Financial Investment CO., and is married and has a one-year old daughter Nour. Rasha Riad used to work for the Hilton Middle East Office in Cairo, then worked as a tour guide for a while. Amin Abdel Rahman (Mickey) is a happily married pilot now. Nawal Selim is married and lives with her husband in Alex. Samer Mina works in a company owned by Steven Spielberg in Hollywood!! WOW!!Yasser Abdel Wahab is Assistant Business Planning Manager of Raya Holding, which is a national holding company owning 8 of the largest IT companies in Egypt, one of which is Protech-Nokia. Marwa Atifi is engaged and working in a developmental company called OUDA.

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Yasmine Mahdy got married to Ahmed Helmy last month. They both graduated from Mechanical Engineering, AUC. · Alia Khalil got married to Ayman Helmy. · Ahmed Abdel Aziz is married and has a kid. · Randa Ashour got married. · Dina Younes got engaged to Hani Awadein. She works at Mobil at the present time. · Ingy Bakir got engaged to Samih who is a construction engineer. She works at a company called City Stars. · Rita Kazilian just got engaged to Ahmed Out. She currently works at CIB. · Faten Al Masry is working with a military organization in Jordan. · Taimoor Labib is working in Chicago. · Dallia Abdel Moneim is doing her masters in London. · Fawaz lives in Dubai; while Goerge Saba is in the States. · Nadine Sarhan graduated fro AUB and still lives in Lebanon. · Jae Min Yoo is serving in the army in Korea and will be there for at least a year if not even a year and a half.

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Being the fourth class to graduate from AIS, this class was able to form a close Bond, that still kept many of us closely in touch until today. This is despite the fact that some of us live abroad, where they continued their studies and nor work. It has been five years since the graduation, in which we all have grown up and began to lead our own lives. Most of us have already finished university, and began with their career lives, which includes a variety of fields of work. Some even continued on with their masters, and more. As for our private lives, our class has witnessed a great progress on this side as well. Already some of us got married like Dina Ayesh who married Hatem Hafez. Mohamed Demerdash who now lives in the States has one kid. Salah Hosny. Nessrine Nafie who married the diplomat Mohamed Abou El Kheir. Others did not go that far yet and are still engaged soon to be married like Laila Jayyusi who got engaged to Hatem El Leissi. Reham Allam (Kouky) who got engaged to Ahmed El Sayyed (AIS graduate ’93). Mohammed Safwat who engaged Aliaa Abaza. Magda Badr El Din who got engaged to Sherif About Taleb (both ’94). Sherif Marei who got engaged to Dina Mofli (who was of the same class but left in ’93). Zeina Hodroj who got engaged to Khaled Hodroj. Noha El Zayat who got engaged to Mohannad Adly. Mohamed Hanafi who engaged Yasmine Zaki (’95). We wish them all the happiness and best of luck.

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· You guys don’t have much, but here’s what we have… · Khaled El Shohdi got Married to Habiba. · Ingy Mahdy got Married. · Omneya Mostafa got Married to Sherif El Zayat. · Seif Sallam got Married to Sarah. · Maha Abdel Moneim got Maried to Ahmed El Saka. · Yousra Sallam got Married. · Ranan Sallam got Married to her cousin Samer '92. · Mohamed El Rashidy got engaged to Nesrine Arafa. · Khaled El Shohdi got Married to Habiba. · Noha Ismaiel got Married.

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· Isabell Salib is happily married and is on her way to give birth to Petra. · Nadia Abou Taleb got engaged to Emad Nattar ’95 on the 10th of June, 1999. · Sherif Biblawy got engaged around the beginning of the year. · Lydia Schoonderbeck is studying and modeling in Leads, England. · Bakr Abdel Wahab is studying Architecture at the University of Leads, England. · Yasmin Tarek is in Fine Arts. · Adham Mubarak is in Ain Shams’ Faculty of Commerce, English Section. · Shraf Abdallah is in Cairo University’s Political Science and Economics. · Ahmed El Dafrawi is expected this year from the Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University. He is also studying Economics at AUC. · Hoda El Shafey decided to take the semester off and is now working in a law firm in London.

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· Putu Wilson is married and now pregnant from her Marine husband. They live in sunny California. · Mohamed Sallam got engaged to his cousin Tasbih ’99 on Nov.6, 1998. · Dana Sika got engaged to her cousin Bassel. · Eman Abou Ghali got engaged to Mohamed on Oct. 8, 1999. · Madgelina Lind lives back home in Sweden, but is spending this semester alongside Cherine Hussein in Scotland. · Ahmed Khalifa is studying Engineering at MSA. · Amr Tawakol (Twinkle) is also studying Engineering at the Institute of Technology. · Sylvia is now in Dubai. · And the never seizing to surprise, Amr Cherif, is spending his semester abroad from his college in California, here in AUC, Egypt.

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· Nadia El Harakany got engaged to Yehia El Shazly on Sept. 10, 1999. · Alla Al Hadary is studying abroad at the University of California. · Karim Abou Ghali is also studying abroad at Boston University.

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Tarek Sika now ranks 9th in Horse Show Jumping in Egypt. · Yehia El Shafey had a summer Job in New Orleans as a Cargo Inspector. · Mohamed Allam now has a part-time job as a tennis coach in Smash Tennis Academy. · Tasbih Sallam got engaged to her cousin Mohamed on Nov.6, 1998. · Shirly Tahan traveled with the Seeds and Peace program. She now holds the position of Vice President. · Ahmed Hussein trained in Abou Kedes oil fields over the summer. · Sherifa Marei and Yara El Masry got accepted in their first jobs; performing psychological testing and working with autistic children. · Ahmed Hussein, Mohamed Attia, and Islam Mahdy got accepted as Trainees in Meryill Lynch, London. · Only two went to Egyptian universities, Mohamed Allam and Mohamed El Ghatit; while all the other 46 went to AUC.

Contents of the Bond
- Update On Shool Matters - Alumni Vs. AIS - Alumni Updates - The Bond Calendar - Second Reunion - AISalumni.com

HOPE FLOATS Part II
The Lawyer Is In The Firm Dr. J.L. ‘Pete’ Gibson, is probably AIS’s most “wanted man.” Filling the new post of Dean of Students, Dr. Gibson is a man with very little time to spare; yet I was able to steal this interview from him. Dr. Gibson, from Troy, Alabama, has been in the academic business for the past 25 years. He has undertaken administrative assignments in both Alabama and Florida in KG – grade 12 schools and colleges. Such assignments have varied from Guidance Counselor to Principal and up to Superintendent. He has even worked as a college professor back home. He coached many sports: American football, baseball, track-&-field, and AIS’s favorite, basketball. For the past 15 years, Dr. Gibson has filled many posts away from home. He has been in Abu Dhabi, Bombay, India, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Labrador. When asked about his personal goals and vision for his very demanding job, Dr. Gibson ensured me: “I am student oriented. That is the nature of my job.” I then went on and asked him about how he would deal with a student-teacher problem; he answered: “It is not a matter of whether the teacher or the student is right or wrong. What’s important to me is to solve the problem so that it would no longer stand in the way of the student.” Dr. Gibson’s position is one that we’ve been dreaming of for the past 3 years. We understand the pressures and demands of the job; but one thing is for sure … He is the man for the job.

HOPE FLOATS Part I
Dr. Thomas Dellario, as you can see, is one that looks upon life through his wide smile. But this time, the smile is much deeper than just a face; it’s an entire attitude of work and relating, both with the administration and staff, and especially with the students. Dr. Dellario, AIS’s new High School Principal obtained his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Western Michigan University. He was for many years the Director of Loynorrix High School in Katamazoo, Michigan, before deciding to pursue his career overseas. He was the Director of Escola Americana in Rio di Janeiro and the Director of the American School in Thailand before joining AIS in Egypt. When asked about his first impressions, Dr. Dellario answered: “I am impressed with the quality of the AIR enriched American curriculum. I am very pleased with the goals that Dr. Dorbis has set for the school and we will work together towards their implementation. AIS is a very well organized institution.” “I see myself as a very forward thinking educator,” Dr. Dellario described himself. (ESOL magazine). If anything is for sure, it is the undeniable fact that Dr. Dellario is the ray of light that finally came back to AIS to light its way back to its good old days.

Age & Smoking Beats AIS’s Young Panthers
In the very few times it was carried out till the end, the basketball games that took place between AIS’s Alumni and its Panthers were outstanding. Although almost every single Alumni is an old walking cigarette, they were still able to teach those youngsters a lesson or two about basketball. Other that the first game that took place on Dec. 12, 11998, which ended up 38-36 Panthers’ way, the Alumni annihilated the Panthers from then onwards. On Jan. 31, 1999, the Alumni crushed the Panthers 54-42 and again on Nov. 11, 1999, 66-59. It might be true that the scores were close, but if you want to know what I’m talking about, you have to come and watch for yourself … and if you even want to come and play, you’re more than welcomed. Come on, it’s in our new indoor court!!!! (You might just get some of those extra credits Green is giving out.)P.S.: Next game is on Sat. Dec. 11, 1999, probably in Heliopolis club. Try to come.