Jean abinader biography

Morocco Under King Mohammed VI

Morocco Under King Mohammed VI: Ambassador Edward Gabriel and Mr. Jean Abinader

  • Monday, April 1
  • 3:00-4:30 pm
  • UCF Global, Room 101
  • Light refreshments will be served

Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Ed Gabriel, CEO of the Washington-based Moroccan American Center, and Jean Abinader, Executive Director of the Moroccan American Trade & Investment Center (MATIC), will be featured guests at a special forum, “Morocco Under King Mohammed VI.” Our special guests will provide a political, social and economic assessment of the King’s 20 year reign. 

To RSVP or for further information, please contact Kinda Haddad atKinda.Haddad@ucf.edu

Biographies

AmbassadorEdward Gabriel is Chairman of the Moroccan American Center. He has an extensive background in international affairs, having convened multilateral policy forums on critical global concerns including international energy, counter-terrorism, and regional security, and has been involved in matters of Russian and European nuclear non-proliferation. During his tenure as Ambassador to the

Letters from Home: Stories of Fathers and Sons

Elmaz Abinader, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Abstract

Because of their focus, historians cannot give attention to the life of the citizen who participated in major events: wars, famines, plagues, inventions, and births of nations. LETTERS FROM HOME: STORIES OF FATHERS AND SONS is a collecion of eight stories which provides insight into the lives of two men who lived through some of the most difficult periods in history, in one of the more temperamental places in the world. Rachid Abi-Nader (1879-1964) and Jean Abinader (1910- ) kept diaries and wrote letters which chronicled their lives. Both men were born in Lebanon, but their lives are classic in that they survived a number of wars and plagues. From their birth into the Ottoman Empire to their witnessing the formation of the Republic of Lebanon in 1926, they struggled to keep their families alive. This survival entailed their immigration to Brazil in the early part of the century and to the United States during the thirties. Each of the four sections contains two stories

Jean AbiNader

Jean AbiNader is a public affairs and marketing professional with specializations in strategic communications and messaging, international training and education, and workforce development focusing on the Arab world and Africa. He has long played a leading role in promoting US-Arab business relationships as Executive Director of the Moroccan American Trade & Investment Center (MATIC) www.moroccoonthemove.com, the President/CEO of the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, and producer of multiple large-scale promotions for Arab governments and agencies and US clients. He designs and manages education and training assignments for government agencies, international institutions, and private enterprises. His portfolio includes soft-skills training in leadership, team building, negotiations, project management, and multi-cultural staff supervision, as well as consulting on strategic communications for both Arab and US clients. He publishes blogs related to his specializations at www.jeanabinader.com and has taught graduate level courses at Georgetown University and

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