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- Ran for Iowa Governer in 2006
- Ran for Iowa 5th District Congressional Seat in 2004
- Born in Port-Said, Egypt, a beautiful port city on the Mediterranean Sea, the gateway of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal gave Port-Said a
window to the entire world, made it a home for several large European
communities as well as a home for an American Consulate and an American library.
As a teenager, I spent a lot of time at the American library reading science books and dreaming of coming to America
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- Graduated from Cairo University, Egypt, with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and after a few years of work
experience and saving money for graduate education, I traveled to Glasgow, Scotland
- Graduated from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland with a Master degree in Bioengineering.
At the same time, my oldest brother was about to complete his Doctorate degree at Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio and he had just become a US citizen. I asked him to sponsor me for a permanent residency in the USA
- Came to the USA in 1977, lived in Chicago, Illinois and, like many new immigrants, struggled in my early years to
build a life in my new country. With patience and hard work things turned for the better and I earned my
professional engineering license (PE) in the State of Illinois
- I became a US citizen in 1983, fulfilling my dream of becoming an American citizen. In my literature class in Port-Said High School,
I studied Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese poet who immigrated to America. I learned about how freedom and liberty in America allowed him to flourish.
I wanted to live his experience, become part of the American society and make whatever contribution I could to our modern human civilization
- Joined my current employer - a pharmaceutical manufacturer - in Chicago in 1989 and was transferred to Sioux City in 1991. I am the engineering manager for our
Sioux City facility and a licensed professional engineer in the State of Iowa. The move to Sioux City was very good to me, I love to go to work every day, I work with a
great group of people who work together as a team, and we are very successful in what we do. I also love the people of Iowa, especially the people of the Siouxland Area;
because I have been touched by all act of kindness directed to me from so many people in our community
- I am a widower with a son in his twenties
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