No.11, November 2006


Responsible Editor: Mrs Renate HUSSEINI, member of the board.

Editorial

Dear member of SGBGJ,

SGBGJ born 2003 and still going strong.......
This first Newsletter after the very long break in SGBGJ's activities - summer holidays, Ramadan and Eid break - intends to update all our members on the planned SGBGJ functions and events in the near future as well as on the ongoing change in the coordination of  SGBGJ membership and activities. As you probably already know our longtime coordinator, Najwa Malik, left SGBGJ to take on a new job in a private company and we are expecting the members of the board to decide on the future coordinator during their next meeting.
I would like on this occasion to take the opportunity to thank Najwa for all she has done and wish her a successful professional career in her new job.
Some of the events announced in this Newsletter will be open to a larger public and others are limited to actual members of our group.

Future Events

Lecture:
Monday, November, 13^th , 8 p.m., French Consulate General, Cultural Section.

Ambassador Hans Gnodtke:
"The Cultural dialogue  with the Moslem World - a European Perspective"

Hans-Günter H. Gnodtke, born in 1948 in Büderich, has been the German Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World since 2005. Gnodtke studied Jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg. From 1976 to 1979, he was a political consultant at the German embassy in Cairo, from 1979 to 1983 in London. After working for the Foreign Ministry in Bonn, he was Ambassador to Lesotho (1987-1989). After some other positions, he was Ambassador to Guinea (1995-1996), then Permanent Representative in Cairo (1999-2003), and Ambassador to Sudan (2003-2005).

.Please note that this event is organized in cooperation with the French Consulate General and will take place at the Cultural Section (Antenne de Coopération) of the French Consulate General . For security reasons please notify us of your participation and make sure you have an ID-card with you.

Lecture :
Wednesday, November 29^th, 7.30 p.m., Residence of the German Consul General

Professor Ricardo Eichmann: "The Archeology of Tayma – Where do we stand?”

Director at the German Archeological Institute in Berlin. Prof. Eichmann is currently leading the German Archeological Mission in Tayma. For more details, visitTayma on the website of the German Archeological institute ( http://www.dainst.org )

The event will be followed by a bite to eat and refreshments.

 Concert:
Tuesday, December 5^th, 8 pm, Residence of Sheikh Khaled Juffali

Rudolf Döbler (flute) and Hiroaki Nakane (piano) : Programme of classical music (C.P.E. Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Ravel, Albeniz etc.)

Rudolf Döbler (Berlin), was born in Achern (Ortenau). He studied with William Bennett und John Wright at the "Musikhochschulen" Freiburg and Karlsruhe. After some engagements as a soloist with the Philharmonic orchestras of Dessau and Hagen, he holds the position of Deputy Flute Soloist  with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) since 1993. He is a member of the „14 Berliner Flötisten" (Director: Andreas Blau, Berliner Philharmoniker) and of the Rosetti-Bläserquintetts.

We are grateful to the SGBG Chairman for hosting this memorable event.

Highlights of the Past

The outstanding event - not only for SGBGJ members but for the whole German community in Jeddah together with numerous Saudi and other guests - in the last weeks has been the German National Day reception on the 4th of November at Crown Plaza Hotel.  More than 500 guests met in a very friendly atmosphere,  listened to the excellent speech of our Consul General, Dr. Lang, and enjoyed the nice food and the special cake.

Members' Corner:
In the beginning of December 2006 all former and actual members of SGBGJ will receive an application form in order to update our membership database. We kindly ask you to fill in this form with your most recent data, especially concerning eventual changes of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses.
In the past years, the coordinator got a certain number of complaints by some members, about not having received the Newsletter or the invitations to some of the functions. It usually turned out that these people had omitted to inform the coordinator about their changing e-mail addresses.

Business News

Some upcoming events listed by AME Info :

COMMTEL

Saudi Arabia's 21st International Event for Computing, Computer Shopper, the Internet, Office Equipment and Accessories, Business Communications and Mobile Phones.

German Language Center

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Highly qualified native German teachers only! Small classes provide intensive tuition!
Our students should be over 16 years old and have a reasonable knowledge of the English language to be able to follow the lessons.

Enrolment and information :  Please contact the office at the German International School  in Jeddah.
Phone : 02 691 35 84
E-mail : office@German-School-Jeddah.org

Office hours: Saturday to Wednesday from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
 

Miscellaneous: Found on the Internet