Our History
Rooted in Legacy, Growing with Purpose
Our History:
The Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects - Capital Area was established in 2008. Effort for establishing our association started in 2007 when Eissa Haj-Hamad and Walid Halbouni moved to the area from Michigan. They were among the group of engineers who established a similar association in Michigan. Both, Eissa and Walid, started connecting with engineers in Maryland and Virginia and discussed with them the possibility of establishing an association while sharing facts about the benefits of having an association and the experience of similar associations established in several other states. Email messages were exchanged with several engineers in Maryland and Virginia between November of 2011 and April of 2008 where the first meeting was called for and a framework to establish the association was put together. A steering committee was created and the association was then incorporated in Maryland.
Pictures in Memory:
Executive Committee Members:
Year
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Relation
2008
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Samir Alqutri
Hatim Hajj
Moe Ayyoubi
Aiad Hejazi
2009
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Samir Alqutri
Hatim Hajj
Moe Ayyoubi
Aiad Hejazi
2010
Rabih Najib
Mohamad Labban
Moe Fridy
Sam Abdelfattah
Sae'd Rahwanji
2011
Rabih Najib
Sae'd Rahwanji
Moe Fridy
Sam Abdelfattah
Abed Khaskia
2012
Sam Abdelfattah
Hiyam Wakeem
Khaled Masri
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Moe Fridy
2013
Sam Kubba
Walid Halboni
Tahseen Bakeer
Nader Abuhassan
Eissa Haj-Hamad
2014
Nader Abuhassan
Khaled Masri
Mazen Ayoubi
Marwan Karajat
Ziad Sabra
2015
Nader Abuhassan
Ziad Sabra
Fadi Zureick
Marwan Karajat
Nihad Akkad
2016
Ziad Sabra
Mohamad Jamal
Nazha Sarkis
Emad Yassin
Amal Abou-Sef
2017
Mohamad Jamal
Abdallah Adas
Mohamad Shahnie
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Jamileh Mogin
2018
Mamdouh Elsakka
Amal El Akkraoui
Mohammad Ayyoubi
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Abdallah Adas
2019
Abdallah Adas
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Mohammad Ayyoubi
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Mamdouh Elsakka
2020
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Walid Halboni
Mohammad Fridy
Rabih Najib
Mamdouh Elsakka
2021
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Walid Halboni
Ahmed Morsi
Rabih Najib
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2022
Eissa Haj-Hamad
Anwar Maharmeh
Sam Abdelfattah
Emad Yasin
Sae'd Rahwanji
2023
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Anwar Maharmeh
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