Dr Mohamed Slim Alouini farewell at TAMUQ

Today we gathered for the farewell of Dr Alouini at TAMUQ. It has only been one week since I am here at TAMUQ, but Dr Alouini did have an effect on my career! Last October when I came here for an interview, Dr Slim (and Dr Shehab Ahmed) urged me to finish my Masters so that they can apply for my VISA.

After I came back to Egypt, I took an unpaid vacation from my work at eSpace and started the campus of studying! Thanks to Allah, I got the Masters certificate last February. I was always remembering Dr Alouini's words about pushing my career onwards and finishing the Masters as quickly as possible.



From right: Hossam Hammady (me), Dr Wessam Mesbah, Dr Alouini, Dr Ahmed Masoud, Majid Farouqi.

So although we didn't meet much, but thanks Dr. Alouini for pushing me onwards.


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My new job at Texas A&M University at Qatar

It has been so long since I posted anything here. I am always lazy writing blogs :( Today I thought I should write something. From now on, my blogs should be short so that I don't get lazy writing them!

So, I am writing this to let you know that I have joined Texas A&M University at Qatar as a Teaching Associate. The hiring process took too long since I had to finish my Masters first before I apply for the VISA. Thanks Allah, I finished my Masters last February, but this is another story, I will write about it soon insha2Allah :)

I am now in Doha with my little family, my wife and my little 1-year-old kid, Abdullah. My job here includes both teaching tasks and support in IT-related issues for the faculty.

A lot of paper work to do here to finish my residency permit and settle in my new house. I didn't take any task yet, just all about orientation and settlement. I hope work would be fun here as I have always enjoyed my job :)


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