Remarks, Takreem Lifetime Achievement, November 2014
A Journey of Purpose and Philanthropy: Accepting the TAKREEM Lifetime Achievement Award Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, I regret being unable to make the trip from Los Angeles to Marrakech to be with you. I had a prior engagement that I was unable to alter. At times like these, one is expected to express gratitude […]
Remarks, at the Northern Ohio Lebanese American Association (NOLAA), Cleveland, November 2014
Thank you, my friends, for this tremendous honor. Many years ago, I was asked to address a group of Lebanese leaders. It was among my first public speeches. at that time there WAS GREAT disunity among the Lebanese. I spoke from the heart then, to CONDEMN DISUNITY among the Christians. Much has changed in the […]
Remarks, at the IDC Summit Gala in Washington DC
September 10, 2014 Your Holiness, Beatitudes, Eminences, Excellencies, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Thank you for joining us here today. The occasion is marked, of course, by both urgency and sadness following recent events in the Middle East. But it is also an occasion for us to be hopeful, for though our brothers […]
