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Product of America's Melting Pot
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Ran for Iowa Governor in 2006.
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Ran for Iowa 5th District Congressional Seat in 2004 .
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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.
- 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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