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Originally from St Petersburg (Russia), I lived and worked half of my life in the Middle East and North America. I tried many professions from military engineer, to a translator, advertiser, financial analyst, risk manager, international diplomat before finally settling in academia, now at AUB in Lebanon. In my free time, I enjoy photography, travel/hiking and Arabic calligraphy and culture. Looking forward to meeting all of you!

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Greetings from the William Davidson Institute!

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Greetings from the William Davidson Institute!

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Welcome to the program on behalf of WDI. We are really excited to get to know everyone. I'm Amy Gillett, the academic director of Business  & Culture, working alongside Meghan and David on the WDI team. I'm the second from the left here, along with Younes from BYTE,  Prof John Branch and Meghan. We are on the AUC campus in this photo :-)! My hobbies include tennis, gardening, reading and -- when there is not a pandemic taking place -- international travel.

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Meghan Neuhaus, Program Coordinator

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Traveling and baking! :)

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David Estrada, Program Coordinator

Hello everyone! My name is David Estrada. I work with Amy and Meghan at the William Davidson Institute, and with our partners in Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, and Ross, to make this course happen. We're very excited to get to know everyone in this cohort!

My hobbies include exploring Detroit, playing video games, and like my team, international travel. ;-)

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Hello everyone. Professor John Branch here. I am thrilled to be working with you this semester, sharing my love of international business, cross-cultural business, and all things global. I have been living and working as an expatriate since 1993, when I left Canada to take up my first academic position in Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan. To date, I have visited almost 90 countries. You can imagine how 'depressed' I am with the Covid travel restrictions. But I hope that our zoom sessions together will simulate being in Lebanon, Egypt, and Libya. I look forward to our first session next week. Until then, take care and best wishes.

JB

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Excited to be here, looking forward to getting along with everyone and learning from each other :)

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It's very exciting for me to join this program, learn some new skills and share it with each other, looking forward to start this journey! :)

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Zalfa Wahab

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Hey everybody,
I am Lena, a Swiss exchange student at the University of Michigan. Because of the Covid pandemic, I am currently staying in Switzerland, not in Ann Arbor.

I am very excited to meet you all  and looking forward to the course.

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Hello

I am very excited to have this experience

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Lynn Abdallah

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Hello it's good to join this program to learning from each other ❤️I'm Very excited

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Hopefully no outer circumstances delay my attendance to this course, I’m feeling exhilarated to be a part of it )) .

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I am happy to join you. I hope for a wonderful participation

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Hello everyone I’m shahed and I’m currently studying BA in the Libyan International University.

This is something I’ve been looking forward to ,very thrilled and excited to begin this journey and I’m happy to know more about it. ;)

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i am from Egypt, but I lived in Saudi Arabia before. I got my IB diploma then I joined the school of Business in AUC because Marketing is interesting for me. I am also minoring in psychology because I feel like it will help me in the marketing field. I enjoy travelling, cooking and playing piano.
i'm really excited to join this course; as i feel that it will be really interesting and informative. Most importantly that it seems to be a different experience.

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Hello, I’m Sarah Elgindy from Egypt I live in Alexandria where I attended High School and graduated with an American Diploma, I joined AUC in 2016 and moved to Cairo for university. I’m double majoring in International Business and General Economics and am graduating next semester. I was part of the Tennis National Team here in Egypt since I was 12 but had to quit when I was 18 due to an injury. When I joined AUC I became part id the Flag Football team as a defensive linebacker and have been playing for AUC ever since.

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Hey! My name is Sara Medhat. I'm an AUC senior student majoring in Business Administration concentrating in marketing. I love travelling and cooking!!

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Hello everyone,
I'm Suzan a BA student in the Libyan International University majoring in marketing. I'm very interested in International and tourism marketing.
I'm very anxious and excited about this course, looking forward to meeting and interacting with everyone and most importantly exchange and share our cultural knowledge in business.

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I'm shaden from Benghazi I'm a fourth year medical student ,I work as an ESL teacher at ih of Benghazi and im also a part time yoga instructor .
I have some background about cultures as ive always been interested in that matter but i dont know much about business let alone how culture impacts it ,so this course is such a rich learning experience for me and im sooo thrilled and looking forward for all the new stuff i will be learning on this course  . So excited to be part of this :)

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Ralph Ibrahim

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Hello,
my name is Anne Darwish. i am an AUC senior double majoring in Economics and Business administration, concentrating in international business. i am very excited to have this different experience and i'm looking forward to meeting everyone!