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Egyptian American Organization
About the EAO
The Egyptian American Organization (EAO) was founded in 1984 with the following goals:
To provide a forum for Egyptian Americans to serve their interests and preserve their rich cultural traditions so they and their children would take pride in their unique heritage, their knowledge of the Arabic language, and their bicultural experience.
To promote understanding and enhance interaction between the Egyptian American community and the rest of the American public and its institutions.
To promote understanding and cooperation between the American and Egyptian peoples, and support Egypt’s efforts toward progress.
The EAO plans several annual functions, which include but are not limited to events such as the “Outstanding Achievement Award” ceremony, educational lectures by prominent speakers, and other social and recreational events which attract adults, youth and children.
The EAO is a nonprofit tax-exempt California corporation which relies on the volunteer work of its members, most of whom are professionals giving their time, effort and resources to accomplish the successful program that the organization offers.
The EAO’s bylaws allow various forms of membership for Egyptian Americans and others who are interested in the Egyptian culture and the EAO’s activities.
EAO Past Chairs
1985 Dr. Mahmoud E. Bayar
1986 Dr. Mahmoud E. Bayar
1987 Dr. Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot
1988 Mr. Cherif Youssef
1989 Dr. Telal Wassel
1990 Ms. Abla Magid
1991 Dr. Abdel-Moneim Afifi
1992 Dr. Tarek Fathy
1993 Dr. Merit Shoucri
1994 Dr. Said Helmy
1995 Dr. Ahmad Abdalla
1996 Mr. Nabil El Etreby
1997 Dr. Mahmoud E. Bayar
1998 Dr. Mahmoud E. Bayar
1999 Dr. Amer El Ahraf
2000 Dr. Abd El Mageed Ahmed
2001 Dr. Samy Adham
2002 Dr. Yahya Sanadidi
2003 Dr. Mostafa Zayed
2004 Dr. Mostafa Zayed
2005 Dr. Amer El-Ahraf
2006 Drs. Omar El Sawy & Yahya El Sanadidi
2007 Dr. Tawfik Ayoub
2008 Dr. Nagui Elyas
2009 Mrs. May Mikhail
2010 Dr. Amany El Ghamrawy
2011 Dr. Faiza Shereen
2012 Mr. Wahid Boctor
2013 Mr. Said Hilmy
2014 Dr. Amer El-Ahraf
2015 Dr. Yehia Mortagy
2016 Dr. Mohammad Kamal
2017 Ms. Azza Akkad
2018 Dr. Tawfik Ayoub
2019 Dr. Medhat Azzazy
2020 Mrs. Nancy Ibrahim
2021 Mrs. Nancy Ibrahim
2022 Mrs. Essraa Nawar
2023 Mrs. Amani Kamel
2024 Mrs. Jihan Nassar-Medhat & Mrs. Sawsan Andrawis
2025 Mrs. Nancy Ibrahim
Thank you to Ahmed Hamdi the Award-winning Egyptian Architect and Music Composer.
Check out his music video here
Ahmed Hamdi is the principal and founder of Ahmed Hamdi Architects, an award winning, multi-disciplinary design firm based in Cairo, Egypt. Hamdi holds a BSc degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan university, and a masters of science degree in Environmental Design and Engineering from U.CL., the United Kingdom.
Throughout his professional practice as an architect, interior and furniture designer for more than 22 years, Hamdi has gained vast design experience through working on diverse projects that varied in scale, nature and location, ranging from Large scale educational institutes, residential compounds, office building complexes and marinas, to apartment building, villas and commercial stores in the Middle East, Europe and the USA.
In addition to managing A H Architects, Hamdi has completed four years of teaching at the American university in Cairo’s architectural department where he has introduced the Egyptian Architectural heritage course. He also a frequent lecturer on different design and sustainability topics, where he regularly gives seminars and speeches at commercial chambers, such as the German chamber of commerce and the Egyptian-Canadian business council, and local and international educational institutes, such as the Milan polytechnic university in Italy. He is also an active member of a various business affiliations where he has participated in a number of official trade missions, such as the Egyptian-Canadian business council, where he founded the Youth committee, and the Egyptian junior business men association, where he founded the Green building Committee
Hamdi has won multiple design awards for his work, such as the 2017 Cairo design awards and the Design + Industry EFEC Award, The 2016 Now off award in paris and his product and furniture designs have been displayed in Local and international exhibitions, such as the Maison et Objet exhibition in Paris, France and the Furnex exhibition in Egypt.
Before establishing Ahmed Hamdi Architects, he has worked as an architect at Rafael Vinoly Architects (R.V.A) in New york, U.S.A, held a senior project manager position through working with CDC Abdel Halim for seven years.