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 Khalil Jai Hokimi [Moroccan Of The Month: July, 2006] | ||
 Khalil Jai Hokimi, 33, is an experienced marketer with a focus in college marketing, B2B and B2C sales. He has over 10 years of revenue-generating expertise in the areas of customer acquisition, sales management, marketing, and business development. Khalil has played instrumental roles in helping numerous small companies grow to become multi-million dollar producers. He has also acted as a college market advisor for franchisees of corporations such as McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, | ||
| Hatim Smouni [Moroccan Of The Month: May, 2006] | ||
 First of all I would like to say that I am very humbled to be selected as a Moroccan of the month. It is a privilege to be recognized among such a successful and elite group of fellow Moroccans that are working hard everyday in pursuit of nothing but the best in their respective careers. I look at all of you as an inspiration for me to succeed in my profession and to be among the best ambassadors of our country in the United States. | ||
| Michael Kim 'Jamal' Riegelman [Moroccan Of The Month: April, 2006] | ||
 Michael Kim Riegelman is elected as Moroccan of the Month for his outstanding services for the Moroccan community. Wafin would like to thank people who show respect and affection for Moroccan people and Moroccan culture, and build paths and bridges to communicate their knowledge to others. As the Modir of the NYC Arabic Language & Culture Club, Michael Kim Riegelman has been fulfilling the third goal of the Peace Corps’ mission ever since returning home to NYC from Morocco in April, 2003. ‘Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans’ – at a time when so many Americans have misconceptions and negative stereotypes of Muslims and ‘Arabs’, this third goal has never been more important. | ||
| Aziz Elbehri [Moroccan Of The Month: March, 2006] | ||
 I grew up in Rabat where, like everyone else, I attended public schools, including Hassan II High School and then to the Institute Agronomique et Veterinaire (IAV) Hassan II in 1979. It was still a period of relative opportunity in Morocco; and with a baccalaureate on hand one could still hope to go further. I still remember the night of the Baccalaureate results when we had to anxiously wait for hours in front of the newspaper offices in Rabat to grab that special edition which lists students who passed the baccalaureate. Of all the possible degrees, the Baccalaureate held a certain mystic, as it was more than a degree but was a kind of right of passage (something I am sure other Moroccans can identify with). Since then my education and academic pursuits took few twists and turns. | ||
| Professor Abderrahman Beggar [Moroccan Of The Month: February, 2006] | ||
 Professor Abderrahman Beggar (Department of Languages and Literatures, Wilfrid Laurier University) has participated as a jury member in the 2005 Governor General Awards, the most prestigious literary awards in Canada. Dr. Beggar is the author of three books (two already published, and the third under press). He holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in French and Spanish media discourse. | ||
| Kamal Essalhi - DJ Kimo [Moroccan Of The Month: January, 2006] | ||
 Audio Programmer and Music Editor of Radio Sawa. I have involved with music when I was seven years old. I still remember the song that I learned for the first time; it was the hit song of those days by Najat Ataboo-Shoufi Ghiro. I used to hear it everywhere. It had a simple, catchy melody. That song has single handedly initiated my journey into land of music. As we all know, in middle-class Moroccan tradition, it is hard to convince the parents to study music, let alone to get their support to become a musician. However, to my great surprise, my parents did support my heart’s desires for music. | ||
| Dr. Samah Chadli [Moroccan Of The Month: December, 2005] | ||
 I was born in Fez Morocco in 1972. My primary,secondary and collegiate studies were achieved in the same city. I earned my Doctorate of Arts and a Masters degree in linguistics from the University of INALCO Paris, France in 2000. Since then, teaching has been part of my life. During my teaching career I’ve had the opportunity to work with different age groups and different nationalities. My goals as a teacher are to personalize my elaborate teaching methods and communicate my passion for languages and its culture in a very professional way at the college level. I believe that "Language is power." I also worked for the French Embassy in Morocco as a Linguist Coordinator to overcome the "Arabisation" issues that college students faced in studying all aspects of science. | ||
| Yasmine Hasnaoui [Moroccan Of The Month: November, 2005] | ||
 Yasmine Hasnaoui was born in 1979 in Marrakech, Morocco. In 2002 she earned her BA in English Literature at Hassan II faculty in Mohammedia.In 2000 she represented Morocco at the English Public Speaking Union in London where her main theme was Money’s impact on the world. Right after getting her BA in 2002 She prepared the CELTA certificate (Certificate of English Language to Adults) through Cambridge University. She had a nine months theoritical training in Human Resources at the Management Business School in Mohammedia . | ||
| Wahiba Benloughmary Estergard [Moroccan Of The Month: September, 2005] | ||
 Wahiba Benloughmary Estergard was born and raised in Taza, Morocco. She married an American Peace Corps Volunteer and they moved together to the United States. Wahiba immediately enrolled into English as Second Language classes and then decided to study Pharmacy and went all the way through the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Doctorate Program. After receiving her doctorate, Wahiba pursued a post doctorate fellowship with Eli Lilly and Company and then went on to work for them as a Neuroscience Medical Liaison. Wahiba serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the High Atlas Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the community development of Morocco. | ||
| Aziz Abbassi [Moroccan Of The Month: August, 2005] | ||
 Aziz Abbassi was born during a snow storm in Sefrou, Cherry Capital of Morocco, a few years before the Big Flood. He spent part of his childhood there and later moved to Rabat where he attended, and graduated from, Lycee Moulay Youssef, then the "Faculte des Lettres" and the "Ecole Normale Superieure". He subsequently taught English at the American Language Center in Rabat and Casablanca, as well as at Lycee Lahlou, College l'Hermitage, Royal Air Maroc, and "Ghbila City Prison" in Casablanca. He first came to the US as a Fulbright grantee in 1970, spending a summer program in Linguistics at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. | ||
| Laila Lalami [Moroccan Of The Month: July, 2005] | ||
 Laila Lalami is a fiction writer based in Portland, Oregon. Born in Rabat, she received a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Mohammed V University, a M.A. in Linguistics from University College London, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Southern California. She taught language and linguistics at the University of Southern California and California State University-Northridge before working in industry, first as a thesaurus editor at the Getty Information Institute, then as a project manager for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (a NASA contractor) and finally as a director of data and development for Applied Semantics, which was later acquired by Google, Inc. | ||
| Hassan Baami [Moroccan Of The Month: June, 2005] | ||
 Hassan was born in Tighza,a little town to the North East of Khenifra in 1975. After getting his high school diploma in English Language, Hassan was enrolled to the University of Meknes, Engilsh literature where he obtained his Associate degree in Humanities & Arts. Two years later, Hassan was admitted to the High International Institute of Tourism in Tangier ( ISITT). In 1999, he graduated with a degree in Travel Management.
Being one of the most successful students, Hassan was offered an internship with Resort Recreation & Tourism Management, and American Hospitality Academy. Hassan Passed successfuly his training and was nominated the Best Intern of the Semster, and appointed as National Top Gun Winner on september 2000.
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| Nacir Assaadi [Moroccan Of The Month: May, 2005] | ||
 Nacir Assaadi was born and raised in the seaport city of Agadir, Morocco.
His ancestral home lies in the small Berber village in Tioute, in the region of Taroudant. He attended Takkadoum elementary in the Talborjt section of Agadir followed by middle school Prince Heritier Sidi Mohammed and Lycee Youssef Ben Tachefine.
Nacir participated in the Royal Moroccan Boy Scouts throughout his childhood. He fondly remembers long days of camping by Taghazout beach, singing, campfires, many adventures and a big pan-Arab conference of troups taking place in the Maamoura forest outside of Rabat. His experience with the scouts provided invaluable training in learning how to relate to people from all walks of life and always to be prepared or ready for opportunities as well as setbacks. He can hear the echo of the motto, “Boy Scouts always ready!”
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| Ahmed Ameur [Moroccan Of The Month: April, 2005] | ||
 I was born in Casablanca Morocco on June 25, 1963. After I failed to received my high school degree in Casablanca and could not do much there I decided to move out of the country and not be
a burden on my family. So I immigrated to the United States after an unsuccessful attempt to settle in
Canada. I arrived to the US on August 9, 1988. My destination was Orlando but somehow It did not go well, so I changed my course to Denver after 3 days in Florida. | ||
| Ahmed Ben Thami Raiss [Moroccan Of The Month: March, 2005] | ||
 For two years prior to my graduation from Lycee Moulay Youseff in 1962, I was lucky to be asked to be a tutor of both classical and colloquial Arabic for some officials at the American Embassy in Rabat. [One of those officials was Mr. Jeff Corydon, author of an article in the last issue of Tingis!] It was through my contact with these wonderful Americans that I received an invitation to join the Arabic Research program of Georgetown University, assisting with Dr. Richard Harrell for two years. During that time, the friends I had made while tutoring in Rabat worked to help me obtain a State Department scholarship to study in the U.S. And in 1964 I was able to enroll at the University of Arizona, where I majored in International Relations. | ||
| Hasna El Badaoui [Moroccan Of The Month: February, 2005] | ||
 Hasna El Badaoui is a well known stage and television actress in Morocco. She is the daughter of the celebrated playwright and actor, Abdelkader El Badaoui. She has a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Theatre with a concentration in Drama Therapy from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Her Master's thesis examines the use of sociodrama in building and maintaining self-esteem in individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Hasna El Badaoui is a member of the National Association of Drama Therapy.
From 2000 to 2004, Hasna El Badaoui worked, in New York city, as the coordinator of the Susan and Jack Rudin Multimedia Center at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, a long term health care facility for persons with AIDS, individuals with chronic disabilities such as Hunthington's disease and Multiple Sclerosis, elderly individals who need daily nursing care, and children with chronic special needs.
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| Adil Marzouk [Moroccan Of The Month: January, 2005] | ||
 Born in 1971, Adil grew up in the Ben M’sick Province, Casablanca. After attending first year at Hassan II University, School of Humanities, Adil was selected to represent Morocco in the Morocco Showcase at EPCOT Center, Florida. Later into the program Adil became a Disney Trainer. He helped train new cast members and assisted in ensuring a smooth transition for new candidates into the Disney life. After completing his 12-month assignment in Orlando, Adil chose to go back to Morocco to continue his undergraduate studies. In 1993, Adil was offered a full time position at The American Language Center, Casablanca and continued to attend college on part-time basis. | ||
| Hakim belabbes [Moroccan Of The Month: December, 2004] | ||
 I was born on Feb. 20th 1961, in Bejjaad -a small town in central Morocco- where my father owned the only movie theater in town. I also received my primary and secondary education in Bejjaad.
After a Bachelor of Arts in American and African Literature from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco (1983), and a Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies in African Literature at Lyon University, France (1986), I traveled to the United States where I received a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Video from Columbia College in Chicago (1993).
Between 1994 and 1996 I headed the Audio Visual Dept. at Hassan II Foundation in Rabat, Morocco, where I produced/directed a series of | ||
| Madani Sadek [Moroccan Of The Month: November, 2004] | ||
 Mr. Sadek is one of those success stories that inspire. He hails from a small village in the Sousse region, close to Tiznit. He immigrated to the United States when he was 15. At 21 he had already started his flower business. He was one of the first importers of Moroccan flowers in the U.S. Mr. Sadek engaged in other business ventures at the same time including women clothing and leather products of Moroccan make and design. By the time he reached 26 years, he plunged into the real estate world in New York, constructing several commercial and residential buildings in the tri-state area. | ||
| Najat Fares Kessler [Moroccan Of The Month: October, 2004] | ||
 Najat Fares Kessler is a hypnotherapist & a motivational speaker, she conducts seminars, teaches Classes and workshops and leads and organizes overseas healing retreats. Najat comes to us from Casablanca, Morocco. She traveled Europe in the 90’s and did many soul searching trips, she came to America in 1998, met her husband Jay in Minneapolis, got married and settled in the North Metro area where she operates her practice Achieve with Hypnosis. Najat comes from a family of Spiritual leadership; her grandfather was a great spiritual leader, healer and hypnotist. She speaks fluently several languages and dialects including Berber, Arabic, French and English she enjoys being multicultural and views herself as a citizen of the world. “From the amphitheatres of University of Sciences in Casablanca | ||
| Khalid Nahi [Moroccan Of The Month: September, 2004] | ||
 Khalid Nahi came to the United States 16 years ago. He received a degree in Respiratory Therapy from North Short community College (Massachusetts) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Experimental Science in Casablanca, Morocco. He is a Registered Respiratory Therapist currently employed at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts as evening supervisor.
In June, Mr Nahi was chosen from 1,200 employees and received Lowell General Hospital’s prestigious star performer of the month award for excellence in the execution of his duties. Mr. Nahi’s role at Lowell General Hospital is to ensure that hospital patients can breath adequately. Among other duties, he is often called upon to perform intubations, a critical and highly demanding procedure that passes a breathing tube into the airway of oxygen-deprived patients.
In addition to his duties at Lowell General Hospital, Mr. Nahi is also employed at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua, NH as Respiratory Therapist. He was previously employed by Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett, Massachusetts, and Spaulding rehabilitation hospital in Boston
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| Dr. Latifa El-Hadri [Moroccan Of The Month: August, 2004] | ||
 Dr. Latifa El-Hadri is an interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in nutrition, immunology, toxicology, and pharmacology and community volunteer involved in international partnership and women’s issues.
Dr. El-Hadri received her Bachelors degree in animal husbandry from Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture in Meknes, Morrocco. Shortly after, she worked at Institut de la Gestion des Entreprises Agricole as an animal husbandry manager and instructor, where she was the first female to serve on staff. In less than a year she was promoted to manager of general animal husbandry.
While at the institute she taught animal science courses, supervised technicians during their practical training, and oversaw a research study of student employability sponsored by the World Food Organization. By the time she left the institute she had persuaded the director to admit female technicians into the training program; today the institute consists of an equal percentage of male and female students. | ||
| Amir ali [Moroccan Of The Month: July, 2004] | ||
 Amir Ali is born in Meknes Morocco where he studied music for 8 years. His studies included 8 years of music theory and classical violin, Arabic music theory and oud. He started composing and writing music at age 15 and became soloist of a 30 piece orchestra at age 17. He left Morocco at a young age to settle in the USA, which he has called his second home for 18 years.
Ali wanted to expand his musical career, so he started studying Jazz, Funk, American Pop, Blues, R&B and Hip Hop. He recorded for Sony Music, Warner Brothers, Crescent Moon Studios and Disney. Amir Ali has toured the world and played with famous musicians, such as Abboud Abdel Al, Haj Younes, Ahmad Doughane, and many more. He is now releasing his first solo album titled One World. The album features all original cuts with an amazing fusion of Arabic melodies and lyrics combined with both World Beat and Hip-Hop rhythms. It’s unlike anything else on the market.
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| Nadia Serhani [Moroccan Of The Month: June, 2004] | ||
 Born and raised in Casablanca. I am currently living in the U.S since 2000. Second child of a family of three girls, I grew up loving life. I was the tomboy of the family, my father considered me as his son, instead of his daughter, which will prove to be very helpful in my life. I was never into girly matters and loved reading to the limit of getting a spanking or being grounded. Later in life I vowed a sincere passion to Russian literature. My parents enrolled us in many activities such as classical ballet dancing for 4 years, music for 5 years, tennis and gymnastic that I love up to this day. I was named after the greatest female gymnast in the world, so naturally I looked up to her. Still, swimming remains the one where I excelled, which allowed me to represent my country in the African championships. But education was a priority, and that’s why my parents had us attend French elementary schools to have a solid base in French | ||
| Rachid Lyazidi [Moroccan Of The Month: May, 2004] | ||
 Coming from one of the 3 principal families that fought the occupation of Morocco and brought Independence, Rachid Lyazidi grew up in this school of nationalism, and all along his life, he didn’t miss any opportunity to help his country of origin.
After graduating from the Sorbonne University in Paris, he integrated the Moroccan Administration and served for 13 years in the Ministry of Tourism. During this time he conceived, wrote, and published all the tourism brochures of the Moroccan Tourist Office. He directed the prestigious Folklore of Marrakesh and created the International Festival of Fez, Agadir, and Tetouan. From 1974 to 1981 he was Director of Tourism in Spain, Portugal, and Germany, and he received the following awards: an International Trophy for Tourism in Madrid and Honorary Citizen of the City of Granada.
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| Rachid Choufani [Moroccan Of The Month: April, 2004] | ||
 Born in 1945 in Rabat Morocco, Mr. Choufani comes from a family that has a long history of fighting for labor rights in Morocco. His father, Mohamed, Choufani, was one of the cornerstones of the labor movement in Morocco.
Mr. Choufani is a true depiction of the American Dream. He immigrated to the U.S. over twenty hears ago, and has worked his way up to be one of the most respected entrepreneur in the Restaurant and real estate arena. Together with Mr. Rachid El Yazidi, he co-owns the Moroccan Pavillion in Epcot Center in Disney World, a destination that attracts an average of 11 million tourists every year.
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| Safaa Nhairy [Moroccan Of The Month: March, 2004] | ||
 Safaa Nhairy is known to milliers of Moroccans. At age 13, she used to host a TV show on the second national channel 2M. She also used to publish her own newspaper for her peers. At 17, she realized her dream: a magazine for the Moroccan youth. Due to many financial issues, the magazine couldn’t survive. Nhairy also worked for the newspaper “Le Quotidien du Maroc,” “Essahra”and “Le Matin du Sahara.” Today, she is perfectly trilingual.
Very active in her life, she believes that everyone on earth has a duty and that one should work hard to fulfill his/her mission. She now pursues a degree in Communication at a university in Virginia. She had been solicited, many times, to represent the voice of the Moroccan youth in Europe and in the states. Her plans for 2003: keep up with the website, the columns
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| Ahmed Mokhriby [Moroccan Of The Month: February, 2004] | ||
 Ahmed Mokhriby was born on January 1, 1909 in rural farmlands, 45 miles south of Essaouria, Morocco. His birth marked the beginning of a remarkable life; one that would take young Ahmed on a nomadic journey, beginning at a young age when he ran away from home. Chronicled below are the unique highlights of Ahmed Mokhriby's life. Tragedy marks Ahmed's life early when at the young age of three, his mother was killed inadvertently by someone who was trying to assassinate his father. Ahmed's father was a regional marshall and a territorial feud prompted the assassination attempt on his life. While working on his father's farm, the conditions became intolerable for young Ahmed. As a result of his home life, at the age of ten, with no money and only the clothes on his back, Ahmed decided to run away. One can imagine how easy it would be for a young, homeless boy to fall prey to unscrupulous plans of exploitation. Such was what happened to Ahmed. A man befriended him with promises of work in a traveling carnival as a musician and dancer. Ahmed was excited at such a prospect, and he was | ||
| Rkia Elaroui Cornell [Moroccan Of The Month: January, 2004] | ||
 Rkia Elaroui Cornell has been Research Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of Arkansas since fall 2000. A native of Morocco, she obtained a degree in secondary education at the Women's Regional Normal School in Meknès, Morocco, and finished an eight-year contract with the Moroccan Ministry of Education, specializing in foreign language pedagogy. After moving to the United States, she served as an official interpreter for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California. From 1991-2000 she was Assistant Professor of the Practice of Arabic at Duke University. In 1999, she published Early Sufi Women, a translation of Dhikr al-niswa al-muta'abbidat al-sufiyyat by the eleventh-century Persian mystic Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami. She has given numerous lectures and conference presentations on the subjects of Qur'anic exegesis, women in Islam, and language pedagogy. She is currently preparing a book on the woman saint Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, | ||
| Dr. Boubker Naouri [Moroccan Of The Month: December, 2003] | ||
 For the past 15 years, Dr. Boubker Naouri has worked as a public health worker and medical researcher. Dr. Naouri currently works with Palm Beach County Health Department.
His career began as Medical director for the Department of Immunization at the Pasteur Institute in Casablanca, Morocco, where he was in charge of childhood, travelers' and rabies immunizations. Eight years later, he was promoted to the Ministry of Health to supervise the National Laboratory Network while strengthening the surveillance and control of infectious diseases.
In 1992, Dr. Naouri graduated from Emory University, School of Public Health with a major in Epidemiology. He then began work with the managing a technical staff of 200, Dr. Nauori conducted applied research
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| Abdallah Essadiq [Moroccan Of The Month: November, 2003] | ||
 Abdallah Essadiq was born and raised in Kenitra, Morocco. After attending Lycee Descartes, he immigrated to the U.S. in the mid 1970’s. Essadiq began his life in America working as a Maitre’ d at the Belhurst Castle, located in Geneva, N.Y. In 1979, he opened his first restaurant, The Carousel, in downtown Syracuse, N.Y. Then in 1985 he created American Hearing Centers, an audiology and hearing instruments firm. The American Hearing Centers grew to become the largest distributorship of Siemens hearing devices in the U.S. | ||
| Mourad Sbahi [Moroccan Of The Month: October, 2003] | ||
 Born in Mohammedia, Morocco, Mourad started singing and making music at an early age. Mourad’s childhood music collection played an influential role in his music style. His childhood influences include Nass El-Guiwane, Jil Jilala, and Khaled, as well as Western legends such as Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Bob Marley. Education has always played an important role in Mourad’s life and he approached his studies with unfaltering dedication. After he relocated to the United States to continue his education, Mourad connected the worlds of music and engineering
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| Mostapha Saout [Moroccan Of The Month: September, 2003] | ||
 Mostapha Saout has played a leading role within The Arab Network of
America in 1991, the Arabic Language radio and TV network. He has been
instrumental in expanding their coverage across the US. He is an expert on
issues relating to the Arab American community outreach, thanks to a long
work experience with community and business organizations across the
country. He has participated in voter registration drives within the
Arab American community. | ||
| A. Ben Oumlil, Ph.D. [Moroccan Of The Month: August, 2003] | ||
 Currently, I am an associate professor of Marketing at the University of Dayton, where I was named the Hobart Scholar. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. My teaching and research interests are in the areas of international business, services marketing, marketing management, consumer behavior, and research methods. | ||
| Salima Raoui [Moroccan Of The Month: July, 2003] | ||
 An artist, interior designer and strong social and women issues advocate, I was born and raised in Morocco, studied in Brussels at the Saint Luc Institute and in New York at The Fashion Technologies Institute. I came to New York City in the late 80's and have been living in NYC , Washington DC and Long Island for the past 8 years.I started my home interior design company Harem Design in 1999 to 2003, along with Harem Design.com and Harem Design Monthly e-newsletter. The great response I received from my email list subscribers was a wonderful wake up call as to what type of questions have yet to be answered to the American public. | ||
| Aziz Elhallou [Moroccan Of The Month: June, 2003] | ||
 I was born and raised in Oujda. I moved to Casablanca in my teenage years. I spent just about 5 years in the clothing design school in Caserta, close by Naples, in Italy. I immigrated to the U.S. in 1988 to start my own clothing business. In a career shift in 1997, I became the Sales Manager in Washington DC's “Martens Volvo," where I was involved mostly in marketing | ||
| Abdessamad Nhairy [Moroccan Of The Month: May, 2003] | ||
 Abdessamad Nhairy came to the US from Morocco in 1989. Before coming to the US, he worked for the American Language Center in Casablanca. After arriving in the US, Mr. Nhairy went back to school and pursued his education in the tour and travel industry. In 1994, he opened a new travel agency to promote Morocco as an exotic destination to American travelers. | ||
| Hynd Bouhia, Ph.D. [Moroccan Of The Month: April, 2003] | ||
 Hynd Bouhia is a Senior Financial Officer in the Capital Market Operations unit of the Banking, Capital Markets and Financial Engineering Department in the World Bank Treasury. Ms. Bouhia’s responsibilities include the management of IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) issuance denominated in emerging market currencies as part of to the Bank’s funding program in global capital and derivatives markets. | ||
| Touria Khannous [Moroccan Of The Month: March, 2003] | ||
 I did my bachelor's degree at University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah in Fes, Morocco. I Graduated with honors in 1991. I did my DEA degree at University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco in English. I Graduated with honors in 1992. I completed a master's degree in English at Brown University in 1995
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| Hassan Samrhouni [Moroccan Of The Month: February, 2003] | ||
 Hassan Samrhouni is the owner of Casablanca Travel and Tours Inc, an agency that specializes in theme tours to Morocco, which he started in 1993. Three years prior, he created and manages the Washington Athletic Club, a soccer team that competes in the Washington International Soccer League and has a 10-year roster of more than 150 licensed players. | ||
| Sanaa Hamri [Moroccan Of The Month: January, 2003] | ||
 Innovative, resourceful and vibrantly entertaining, Sanaa Hamri is one of the most renowned music video editors, as well as a sophisticated director in the music industry. With a distinguished roster of high-profile artists including Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, Dr. Dre, Prince, Jay Z and India.Arie, Hamri has proven that she is a force to be reckoned with—accomplishing this in just 3 years! | ||
| Driss Temsamani [Moroccan Of The Month: December, 2002] | ||
 Driss Temsamani is Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Planning for Citibank e-Business in Latin America and the Caribbean. Previous to this position, he was Citigroup’s CIO of e-Business for Latin America, where he managed the e-commerce technology architecture for the Corporate and the Consumer Bank divisions...
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| Dr. Saad Laraqui [Moroccan Of The Month: November, 2002] | ||
 My dear Wafin friends,
My name is Saad Laraqui. It is truly an honor to be among a prestigious group of Moroccans who have been recognized for their achievement. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and what I do. I am an Assistant Professor at the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Younes Mourchid, PH.D [Moroccan Of The Month: October, 2002] | ||
 Younes is a national of Morocco where he grew up in a family of five in the capital, Rabat. Younes received most of his education in Morocco. In college, he majored in English and the Art of Translation. His interest in foreign languages and cultures led him to the American Language Center and to the American School in Rabat where he made contact with American Diplomats and where he engaged in many artistic and theatrical activities. Not only did such activities allow him the opportunity to perfect his linguistic and cultural skills.. | ||
| Amine Britel [Moroccan Of The Month: September, 2002] | ||
 In his native Morocco, Amine Britel, early in life had a passion for sports. At age nine, he was the youngest male to earn his first degree in equestrian jumping. At age seventeen, he became a member of the Moroccan National Junior Team in the Sprint distances. | ||
| Hicham Chami [Moroccan Of The Month: August, 2002] | ||
 Born in Tetuan, Morocco in 1977, Hicham naturally came to music in his family, where everybody else has an artistic activity. His father, along with his functions at the Moroccan Ministry of Finances, is a violinist, one of the founders of the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra. His sister, currently attending the Law School at La Sorbonne, Paris, is also a member of the “Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée” and the “Orchestre Symphonique des Universités de Paris”. Finally, his mother teaches French in High School in Rabat, is a painter and a craft woman. | ||
| Ahmed Jabri [Moroccan Of The Month: July, 2002] | ||
 I am a consultant in the fields of emergency, humanitarian operations, human rights, and public international law.
I was born in Rabat, November 23, 1958, and graduated from the Law School of Mohamed V University in Law and Political Science in 1980. I pursued graduate studies in Public Law at the same law school while undertaking my national civil service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rabat. After brief stays in Europe, I went to the Middle East, Turkey and Egypt where I studied Islamic Banking and Economics, then to Saudi Arabia where I worked for a financial institution for a couple of years. | ||
| Driss Benmhend [Moroccan Of The Month: June, 2002] | ||
 I am a regulatory action leader with the Biopesticides Division at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA). I perform both risk assessment and management of the scientific data submitted to support the registration biopesticides under section 3 of FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). I also represent the Agency, attend conferences and give presentations in the US and abroad, about biopesticide regulation. | ||
| Rachid Stoury [Moroccan Of The Month: May, 2002] | ||
 Rachid Stoury is the Upper Darby senior defensive lineman, and as of now, all signs indicate that he will be the first Moroccan headed for the NFL. | ||
| Miryam Ahbabou [Moroccan Of The Month: April, 2002] | ||
 I grew up in Rabat. I spoke Amazigh and French for a long part of my childhood and didn’t know any Arabic until around first grade. In 1994 got my baccalaureat in Marketing from Descartes High School in Rabat and enrolled at Tangiers’ National School of Business and Management (ENCG) In 1998 I went to Agadir’s Canadian-Moroccan High Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism. I focused in Marketing Techniques applied to Tourism. I was later to be selected for an internship at Mericy College, in Quebec, Canada. | ||
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