2021 aet Choir oF aNgels

AET’s 2021 Choir of Angels

the followingareindividuals,organizations,companiesandfoundationswhosehelpbetweenJan.1,2021and March 17, 2021 is makingpossible activitiesofthetax-exemptaetlibraryendowment(federalid#52-1460362)andtheamericaneducationaltrust, publisherofthe WashingtonReportonMiddleEastAffairs.someangelsare helpingusco-sponsortheannual israellobbyCon.others are donating toour“CapitalBuildingfund,”which will help us expand and add coffee service to the Middle east Books and More bookstore. thank you all for helping us survive the turmoil caused by the pandemic. Wearedeeplyhonoredbyyour confidenceand profoundlygratefulforyour generosity.

HUMMERS ($100 or more)

Mai Abdul Rahman, Hyattsville, MD Bulus Paul Ajlouny, San Jose, CA David K. Curtiss, New Orleans, LA* Kassem Elkhalil, Arlington, TX Dr. E. R. Fields, Marietta, GA Dixiane Hallaj, Purcellville, VA Robert Keith, Salt Lake City, UT Edwin Lindgren, Overland Park, KS Erna Lund, Seattle, WA Charles Lutz, Richfield, MN Nidal Mahayni, Richmond, VA Bill McGrath, Northfield, MN Mary Neznek, Washington, DC Rashid Patch, Hayward, CA Cindy Percak, Cinnaminson, NJ Irmgard Scherer, Fairfax, VA Carolynne Schutt, Doylestown, PA William A. Shaheen III, Od

Grosse Ile, MI Ellen Siegel, Washington, DC Mushtaq Syed, Santa Clara, CA Richard Wigton, Mechanicsburg, PA

ACCOMPANISTS ($250 or more)

Jeff Abood, Silver Lake, OH Candice Bodnaruk, Winnipeg, Canada Larry Cooper, Plymouth, MI** Bernice Shaheen, Palm Desert, CA***

TENORS & CONTRALTOS ($500 or more)

Sylvia Anderson De Freitas, Duluth, MN Dr. & Mrs. Roger Bagshaw, BigSur, CA Dr. Muhammad M. Kudaimi, Munster, IN Estate of Thomas Shaker, Poughkeepsie, NY****

BARITONES & MEZZO SOPRANOS ($1,000 or more)

Asha A. Anand, Bethesda, MD Ghazy M. Kader, Shoreline, WA Jack Love, Fort Myers, FL Mr. & Mrs. Hani Marar, Delmar, NY Estate of Jean Elizabeth Mayer,

Bethesda, MD Mary Norton, Austin, TX Richard J. Shaker, Annapolis, MD**** Dr. Imad Tabry, Fort Lauderdale, FL Donn Trautman, Evanston, IL

CHOIRMASTERS ($5,000 or more)

John & Henrietta Goelet,

Washington, DC Dr. Letitia Lane-Abdallah,

Greensboro, NC

*In Memory of Dick and Donna

Curtiss **In Memory of Diane Cooper ***In Memory of Dr. Jack G. Shaheen ****In Memory of Thomas R. Shaker

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Bequests of any size are honored with membership in the American Educational Trust’s “Choir masters,” named for angels whose foresight and dedication ensured the future of the Washington Report and Middle East Books and More. For more information visit www.wrmea.org/donate/bequests.pdf, contact us at circulation@wrmea.org, write: American Educational Trust, PO Box 91056 • Long Beach, CA 90809-1056, or telephone our toll-free circulation number 888-881-5861 • Fax: 714-226-9733

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May 2021 Vol. XL, No. 3

People play tug-of-war during a celebration of the annual Nowruz festival in Bamiyan province, central Afghanistan, on March 21, 2021, the start of the year 1400 in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is a public holiday in Afghanistan, and Afghans celebrate the day by holding conferences, organizing stage shows, exhibitions and airing colorful programs on TV. (Photo by Azimi/XinhuA viA Getty)