{"id":770,"date":"2008-06-30T03:39:49","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T03:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2008-06-30T03:39:49","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T03:39:49","slug":"books-for-syrian-universities-mr-haytham-abed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/books-for-syrian-universities-mr-haytham-abed\/","title":{"rendered":"Books for Syrian Universities &#8211; Mr. Haytham Abed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following kind letter from Haytham Abed. This is the first time I have heard from him.&nbsp;He refers to this story: <a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=312\">Syria&#39;s Private Universities<\/a>, written in 2007. I salute him for his initiative and philanthropy. What a wonderful idea. Thank you, Mr. Abed.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/strawberryfieldsforever.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/books1.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 260px; height: 260px\" \/><br \/>From: Haytham Abed <a href=\"mailto:haytham@bblconsultants.com\">haytham@bblconsultants.com<\/a><br \/>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008<br \/>To: Landis, Joshua M.<br \/>Subject: Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Dear Prof. Landis:<\/p>\n<p>For the past few years I have enjoyed your regular mail, comments, reporting, current Syrian news analysis and book reviews. Your honest views are refreshing. <\/p>\n<p>One particular article you sent me about your visit, last July, to Kalamoon University changed my life. It made me proud and a better person. In that article you talked about the university library with no reference books.&nbsp; I contacted Dr. Sami Moubayed and offered him my book collection (about 450 books all in English) covering the M.E., World history and current affairs. <\/p>\n<p>Also, I offered to supply the university with text and reference books. Dr. Moubayed came back with a list of what the university needs and I was able to send them a total of 2000 books covering Chemistry, Physics, Algebra, Psychology, Economics, Accounting, Management, Business Law, Marketing, Calculus, Sociology, History , Political Science, Government, English Literature, Art, Medical, Computer Science..etc. <\/p>\n<p>The books arrived last month at the university. Now, I am working with several professors from different universities around the US to collect books and send them to different private uni. in Syria including Kalamoon. All that because of your article. Thank you Joshua!<\/p>\n<p>With my best regards,<br \/>Haytham H. 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