2020 aet Choir oF aNgels

AET’s 2020 Choir of Angels

The followingareindividuals,organizations,companiesandfoundationswhosehelpbetweenJan.1,2020and Sept.29, 2020is makingpossible activitiesofthetax-exemptAETLibraryEndowment(federalID#52-1460362)andtheAmericanEducational Trust,publisherofthe WashingtonReportonMiddleEastAffairs. SomeAngelsare helpingusco-sponsortheconference“Transcending theIsraelLobby.”Othersare 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. Wearedeeply honoredbyyour confidenceandprofoundlygratefulforyour generosity.

HUMMERS ($100 or more)

Ahsen Abbasi, Leesburg, VA Fuad Abboud, Calgary, Canada Dr. & Mrs. Robert Abel, Wilmington, DE Fahed Abu-Akel, Atlanta, GA James C. Ahlstrom, Stirling, NJ Joe & Siham Alfred, Fredericksburg, VA Hamid & Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, WI Nabil & Judy Amarah, Danbury, CT Edwin Amidon, Charlotte, VT Nazife Amrou, Sylvania, OH Anace Aossey, Cedar Rapids, IA Dr. Robert Ashmore Jr., Mequon, WI Mr. & Mrs. Sultan Aslam, Plainsboro, NJ Ahmed Ayish, Arlington, VA Rick Bakry, New York, NY Allen & Jerrie Bartlett, Philadelphia, PA Joseph Benedict, Mystic, CT Bradley Bitar, Olympia, WA Elaine Brouillard, West Hyannisport, MA Sam Burgan, Falls Church, VA James Burkart, Bethesda, MD Prof. Mireya Camurati, Williamsville, NY John Cornwall, Palm Springs, CA Dr. & Mrs. Anton Dahbura, Baltimore, MD Robert & Tanis Diedrichs, Eugene, OR Dr. George Doumani, Washington, DC Sarah L. Duncan, Vienna, OH Dr. David Dunning, Lake Oswego, OR Dr. & Mrs. Hossam Fadel, Augusta, GA Steve Feldman, Winston-Salem, NC Dr. E.R. Fields, Marietta, GA Andrew M. Findlay, Alexandria, VA Joseph & Angela Gauci, Whittier, CA Ahmad & Shirley Gazori, MillCreek, WA Michael Gillespie, Maxwell, IA Doug Greene, Bowling Green, OH Dr. Safei Hamed, Columbia, MD Erin K. Hankir, Nepean, Canada Delinda C. Hanley, Kensington, MD** Dr. Walid & Norma Harb,

Dearborn Hts., MI Prof. & Mrs. Brice Harris, Pasadena, CA Angelica Harter, N. Branford, CT Mr. & Mrs. Sameer Hassan,

Quaker Hill, CT Julester Haste, Oxford, IA Jim Hausken, Kensington, CA Gerald Heidel, Bradenton, FL M.D. Hotchkiss, Portland, OR Barbara Howard, Piscataway, NJ M. Al Hussaini, Great Falls, VA Mr. & Mrs. Azmi Ideis, Deltona, FL Bilquis Jaweed, West Chester, OH Issa & Rose Kamar, Plano, TX Timothy Kaminski, Saint Louis, MO Mr. & Mrs. Basim Kattan,

Washington, DC M. Yousuf Khan, Scottsdale, AZ Dr. Mohayya Khilfeh, Chicago, IL Eugene Khorey, Homestead, PA Alfred & Dina Khoury, McLean, VA Tony Khoury, Sedona, AZ Gail Kirkpatrick, Philadelphia, PA Ronald Kunde, Skokie, IL Alison Lankenau, Tivoli, NY Edwin Lindgren, Overland Park, KS Erna Lund, Seattle, WA Allen J. Macdonald, Washington, DC Dr. & Mrs. Gabriel Makhlouf,

Richmond, VA Tahera Mamdani, Fridley, MN Ted Marczak, Toms River, NJ Charles Marks, Altadena, CA## Martha Martin, Kahului, HI Stephen Mashney, Anaheim, CA Carol Mazzia, Santa Rosa, CA Shirl McArthur, Reston, VA William McAuley, Chicago, IL Gwendolyn McEwen, Bellingham, WA Stanley McGinley, The Woodlands, TX Ray McGovern, Raleigh, NC Robert Michael, Sun Lakes, AZ Tom Mickelson, Cottage Grove, WI Curtis Miller, Albuquerque, NM Peter Miller, Portland, OR Maury Keith Moore, Seattle, WA Moe Muhsin, Honolulu, HI Isa & Dalal Musa, Falls Church, VA Sara Najjar-Wilson, Reston, VA Stephen L. Naman, Atlanta, GA Mary Neznek, Washington, DC W. Eugene Notz, Charleston, SC Merrill O’Donnell, New Westminster, Canada Peggy Rafferty, Cedar Grove, NC Amani Ramahi, Lakewood, OH Marjorie Ransom, Washington, DC Kenneth Reed, Bishop, CA John Reinke, Redmond, WA Paul Richards, Salem, OR Ambassador William Rugh,

Hingham, MA Hameed Saba, Diamond Bar, CA Dr. Mohammed Sabbagh, Grand

Blanc, MI Irmgard Scherer, Fairfax, VA Dr. Ajazuddin Shaikh, Granger, IN Yasir Shallal, McLean, VA Qaiser & Tanseem Shamim,

Somerset, NJ Dr. Mostafa Hashem Sherif, Tinton

Falls, NJ Zac Sidawi, Costa Mesa, CA Ellen Siegel, Washington, DC Yasser Soliman, Hamilton Township, NJ Darcy Sreebny, Issaquah, WA** Corrine Sutila, Los Angeles, CA Mushtaq Syed, Santa Clara, CA Dr. Joseph Tamari, Chicago, IL Eddy Tamura, Moraga, CA Doris Taweel, Laurel, MD Gretchen Theobald, Washington, DC Tom Veblen, Washington, DC V. R. Vitolins, Grosse Pointe

Farms, MI Hermann Weinlick, Minneapolis, MN Edith I. Welch, Warner, NH Thomas C. Welch, Cambridge, MA Duane & Barbara Wentz,

Kirkland, WA Michael Wilke, St. Charles, IL David Williams, Golden, CO Robert Witty, Cold Spring, NY Mashood Yunus, New Brighton, MN Hugh Ziada, Garden Grove, CA Fred Zuercher, Spring Grove, PA

ACCOMPANISTS ($250 or more)

Catherine Abbott, Edina, MN Michael Ameri, Calabasas, CA Syed & Rubia Bokhari, Bourbonnais, IL Duncan Clark, Rockville, MD William G. Coughlin, Brookline, MA Dr. William Fuller, Valdosta, GA

Susan Haragely, Livonia, MI Eyas Hattab, Louisville, KY Islamic Center of Detroit, Detroit, MI Rafeeq Jaber, Oak Lawn, IL Fahd Jajeh, Lake Forest, IL Bilquis Jaweed, West Chester, OH Killgore Family, Washington, DC * Dr. Muhammad M. Kudaimi, Munster, IN Sedigheh Kunkel, Santa Monica, CA Matt Labadie, Portland, OR Michael Ladah, Las Vegas, NV Tony Litwinko, Los Angeles, CA Nidal Mahayni, Richmond, VA Richard Makdisi & Lindsay Wheeler,

Berkeley, CA Dr. Charles W. McCutchen,

Bethesda, MD Curtis Miller, Albuquerque, NM Yehia Mishriki, Orefield, PA Museum of the Palestinian

People, Washington, DC Claire Nader, Winsted, CT Nancy Orr, Portland, OR Hertha Poje-Ammoumi, New York, NY Phillip Portlock, Washington, DC Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem, Palestine Mary H. Regier, El Cerrito, CA Jeanne Riha, Brooklyn, NY Sean Roach, Washington, DC Rotary Foundation, Evanston, IL Ramzy Salem, Monterey Park, CA Sarah Saul, Portland, ME Dr. Abid Shah, Sarasota, FL Bernice Shaheen, Palm Desert, CA**** David J. Snider, Bolton, MA William R. Stanley, Lexington, SC John K. Y. & Margot S. Taylor,

New York, NY Benjamin Wade, Saratoga, CA

TENORS & CONTRALTOS ($500 or more)

Sylvia Anderson de Freitas, Duluth, MN Dr. & Mrs. Roger Bagshaw, Big Sur, CA Helen Bourne, Encinitas, CA William G. Coughlin, Brookline, MA Andrew & Krista Curtiss, Wilmington, NC** Mr. & Mrs. Majed Faruki,

Albuquerque, NM Raymond Gordon, Venice, FL Alfred R. Greve, Holmes, NY Dr. Wasif Hafeez, W. Bloomfield, MI Masood Hassan, Calabasas, CA Virginia Hilmy, Silver Spring, MD Kandy L. Hixson, Akron, OH Brigitte Jaensch, Carmichael, CA Gloria Keller, Santa Rosa, CA Tom & Tess McAndrew, Oro Valley, AZ Darrel Meyers, Burbank, CA Audrey Olson, Saint Paul, MN Lisa Schiltz, Houston, TX James G. Smart, Keene, NH Anver Tayob, Saint Louis, MO Tom Veblen, Washington, DC Dr. James Zogby, Washington, DC***

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

Anonymous, San Francisco, CA Asha A. Anand, Bethesda, MD Lois Aroian, East Jordan, MI Barakat Family,Moorpark, CA### Graf Herman Bender, North

Palm Beach, FL G. Edward & Ruth Brooking,

Wilmington, DE Forrest Cioppa, Moraga, CA Paula Davidson, Naples, FL Gregory & Nancy DeSylva,

Rhinebeck, NY Nabila Eltaji, Amman, Jordan Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Farris, West Linn, OR*,** Ronald & Mary Forthofer,

Boulder, CO Judith Howard, Norwood, MA Mohammed Jokhdar, Jeddah,

Saudi Arabia Ghazy Kader, Shoreline, WA Dr. Muhammad Khan, Jersey City, NJ Damaris Koehler, Mannheim,

Germany Jack Love, Kailua Kona, HI Robert & Sharon Norberg,

Lake City, MN** Mary Norton, Austin, TX M.F. Shoukfeh, Lubbock, TX Gretel Smith, Garrett, IN Dr. Imad Tabry, Fort Lauderdale, FL Donn Trautman, Evanston, IL Young Again Foundation, Leland,NC

CHOIRMASTERS ($5,000 or more)

American Council for Judaism,

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Anonymous, Palo Alto, CA # Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Farris, West

Linn, OR*,** John & Henrietta Goelet,

Washington, DC William Lightfoot, Vienna, VA Estate of Jean Elizabeth Mayer,

Bethesda, MD

* In Memory of Andrew I. Killgore ** In Memory of Dick and Donna

Curtiss *** In Memory of Eileen Zogby **** In Memory of Dr. Jack Shaheen # In Memory of Rachelle &

Hugh Marshall ## In Memory of Amal Marks ### In Memory of Adil Barakat

American Educational Trust Washington Report on Middle East Affairs P.O. Box 53062 Washington, DC 20009

November/December 2020 Vol. XXXIX, No. 7

Students wearing masks take a school bus in Beirut, Lebanon on Oct. 12, 2020. The public and private schools in Lebanon commenced the new academic year on Oct. 12, amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. (Photo by bilal Jawich/Xinhua via Getty)