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125 YEARS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN CHICAGO, A JUBILEE CELEBRATION
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Ahmed Fahmi & Arab Idol: Amer Dandan
Arab Idol Concert: Yacoub Shaheen
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About us
Hyatt Magazine is a free social and cultural magazine which features events and entertainment, lifestyle, business data, leisure, and lore. “Hyatt” in the Arabic language means “life” and our magazine doesn’t shy away from the average life we live and the types of subjects that must be addressed on a day-to-day basis. The magazine’s events and news target the heavy populated Arab community in Chicago and suburbs. Hyatt Magazine is published monthly to promote communication on various topics in an informative and positive manner, and it’s distributed throughout the area by direct mailing and other channels (Retail Locations, Medical Offices, Salons, Restaurants, and more). You’ll find our magazine enlightening and interesting as the articles are written by people like you - who care about the community and contribute immensely to its growth for generations to come. We welcome you to submit your articles and photos for potential publishing!
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No portion of this publication may be reprinted, reproduced, or republished without the written permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed in Hyatt Magazine are those of the authors or columnists and do not necessarily reflect the views of the magazine or its publisher, Flash Media, nor do they constitute an endorsement of products or services herein. All articles submitted will become solely owned by Hyatt Magazine. We reserve the right to update, change, or reject any article or material. We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement.
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YEARS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
This glossy monthly magazine published by Flash Media offers several major subjects that will interest many readers. Hyatt Magazine Info:
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2248 Bridgeview, IL 60455 Phone #: (708) 529-1222 Email: info@hyattmag.com Website: www.hyattmag.com Graphic & Printed By: Black Diamonds Published by: Flash Media PR Director: Tasneem Abuzir Event Coordinator: Tahany Yassin Sales Executive: Nariman Sarsour Contributing Writers Haya Barakat
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Lebanese Festival
Find your picture from the event, at Hyatt Magazin e’s Facebook Sept 1, 2 & 3rd, 2017 Lady of Lebanon held the Lebanese festival In Lombard, IL. Great music and food of traditional Lebanese Style. Photo Credit Nariman Sarsour
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Hyatt Magazine 5 Years Anniversary Event
Hyatt Magazine held its 5-years anniversary event at Drury Lane in Oak Brook Terrace on September 29th, 2017. Selected community people attended where all tickets were sold. The event hosted several fashion shows (Tradition, Islamic, Modest, and Modern).
Hyatt Magazine Team Left to Right: Tahany Yassin, Tasneem Abuzir Dr. Mazen Barakat, and Nariman Sarsour Social time started at 7:00 pm with two great fashion shows featured by Thierry Roger and Tamra Ellingson. The event started at 8:30 pm with an opening remark by the MC Khalid Al Khatib. The founder Dr. Mazen Barakat spoke about the magazine progress and introduced several projects that the magazine is working on.
Left to Right Amir Darwish & (MC) Khaled Al Khatib
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Hon. Judge Haddad Hon. Judge Haddad spoke about the magazine’s great achievement and introduced AMVOTE to the audience followed by Mr. Hussam Zayyad with brief explanation about Mass Mutual benefits. Steak Dinner (filet mignon) was served right after.
Left to Right: Hussam Zayyad & His Family
Fashion Designer Runway fashion shows demonstrated one of the most unique dresses in all time featured by Thierry Roger, Tamra Ellingson, TKouture, and Palestinian Tatreez. Then magician/comedian Mr. Ash perform great show where audience had fun. Find you from r picture at Hy the even t, att M a g a z Face book ine’s
Al Salam Debka Group Al Salam dabke group fire-up the audience with stunning dabke show and the event ended with one of the greatest band group “Intercultural Music Production”.
Intercultural Music Production
Hyatt Magazine would like to thank all sponsors, contributors, and attendees to make the event successful. (to see the list, please go to page 7). Become a member in our website & receive our issue to your location. By mail, for free for a year. Sign in at: www.hyattmag.com
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House of Representatives Of Jordan Sept. 11, 2017 honorary General Consul Ihsan Sweiss honoring the HE speaker of the House Representatives of Jordan Mr. Atef Altarawneh joined by representatives Tarek Khoury, Abdallah Zureigat, Mouse Zawahreh, and Mohammad Al-Baraiseh.
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Taste of Egypt
Meet & Greet the Kennedy Sept. 26,2017 Salman Aftab & Abder Ghouleh invited the community for a meet and greet of Chris Kennedy.
Sept, 26, 2017 Taste of Egypt was held at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Chicago.
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Action Story: Episode 5 By: Haya Barakat Lured Inside You’d think by now
I would’ve known what to do besides run for my life. That’s completely wrong. What else am I supposed to do? Battle a giant tornado to a duel? I run as fast as I can away from the tornado, hoping that I can outrun it. I look behind my shoulder as I see the tornado bolting down the street, ripping through everything in its path. I breathe heavily as I sprint down the road, praying to survive. I spot a house that seems to be empty that has a ‘For Sale’ sign on it. No one’s in it. I should know by now to not enter buildings that don’t belong to me, but it doesn’t really count if the building doesn’t belong to anyone. Besides, this is a life-or-death situation. And I choose to live thank you very much. I bolt towards the house, the tornado hot on my trail, and rip open the front door. I jump in the house and shut the door, then look around for a basement or something I can hide in. Soon enough I find a door that leads to a set of stairs that must lead to the basement, so I grab the flashlight I stole- or ‘borrowed’- from the police car and turn it on, facing the stairs. I carefully step down into the dark basement and look around. It’s completely empty. Good. I hear the roaring of the wind getting louder and I know the tornado is close so I shut the basement door and run down the stairs, keeping my flashlight on so I don’t crash into anything. I duck into the corner farthest from the 20
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small window, turn my flashlight off and put it back in my pocket, then get into a tornado-safe position. I kneel down on my knees, duck my head, and cover my neck with both my hands. As I’m doing this I pray to make it out of this situation alive. I want to see my parents and my friends again. I want to go to school and learn again. I breathe heavily and nearly scream as I hear the house up above being ripped apart. My whole body shakes with fear as one of my only protection gets destroyed. I hear a cracking from the ceiling of the basement, but I don’t dare look up. All I know is that the last barrier that’s protecting me right now is about to fall right on top of me, and I do not like that. Soon enough, half the ceiling collapses, some of it on me, but they’re not big. I prepare myself for what’s next, but I’m not prepared as a huge chunk of the basement ceiling falls right on my leg, trapping me. I yell out in pain and try to yank my leg free with no success. I do the mistake of looking up and around, and see small chunks of the ceiling falling around me, until I look straight up and see a huge piece cracking and ready to fall right above me. I suck in a breath and prepare myself as the chunk of debris slowly starts to fall. Just as the last piece holding it together breaks off, I put my jacket hood up, kneel down, and cover the back of my neck with my hands again. That doesn’t stop the ceiling from falling right on top of me, and crashing right onto my
head. I feel myself get extremely dizzy, and black dots dance around in my vision. My eyesight is blurry and my hearing seems to be muffled, though I can still hear the roaring wind and the crashing of the house I’m in. My hands fall limp to my sides and my eyelids start to grow as heavy as if my eyelashes were made of thick lead. I struggle to stay conscious and fight through the pain, but I can’t. With my pounding head and broken bones, I feel about ready to let myself pass out, but I know I can’t or I’ll die. I continue to try to stay awake, but my strength doesn’t last long as my eyes finally close and my whole body falls limp under the collapsed basement ceiling. The last thing I see is darkness before I pass out under a collapsed building. To Be Continued…
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Arab Idol: Amer Dandan & Ahmed Fahmi Sept. 17, 2017 Arab Idol Super Star Ameer Dandan and Goodwill Ambassador Ahmed Fahmi concert was held in the northside of Chicago.
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Arab Idol Concert: Yacoub Shaheen
Sept. 22, 2017 DIB Entertainment proudly present Arab Idol Yacoub Shaheen. Yaccoub had performed in Chicago. It was one of the great night in Chicago. Find your pictu re from the event, at Hyatt Magaz ine’s Facebook
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ABPA Event
NAAP Picnic
Sept. 26, 2017 ABPA held a seminar on affective communication with guest speakers Carol Marin and Dr. Salma Ghanem.
Sept. 23, 2017 NAAP held their annual summer picnic.
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125 YEARS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN CHICAGO, A JUBILEE CELEBRATION Seven Orthodox hierarchs and clergy led by church school children wearing national costumes of many Orthodox jurisdictions, processed into Lane Tech Auditorium in Chicago, on Saturday, September 30, 2017, to celebrate a Pan Orthodox Hierarchical Divine Liturgy commemorating 125 years of the Orthodox Christian presence in Metropolitan Chicago. Sponsored by Greater Chicago’s Orthodox Christian Clergy Association [OCCA], who represent nearly 80 parishes across the metropolitan area, this anniversary honored the pioneers of Orthodoxy in Chicago and remembered in prayer,
the founders who built our communities with great faith and personal sacrifice. Chief Celebrant, Rt. Rev. ILIA, Bishop of Philomelion of the Albanian Orthodox Diocese, was accompanied by presiding Hierarchs, Metropolitan NICOLAE (Romanian Patriarchal Archdiocese), Archbishops PETER (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad) and DANIEL (Western Eparchy, Ukrainian USA), Bishops LONGIN (New Gracanica Serbian Midwestern), IRINEJ (Serbian Eastern), and PAUL (OCA, Midwest) along with more than 60 clergy, deacons and servers from 10 jurisdictions
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delivered a congratulatory message on behalf of the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago. V. Rev. Nicholas Dahdal, OCCA Chairman for the celebration, along with Event Coordinator, Gordana Trbuhovich, extend their appreciation to the dedicated Pan Orthodox committee of volunteers who helped produce this event. The altar iconography was graciously loaned by St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox parish in Chicago. The youth procession was organized by throughout Greater Chicago and neighboring states. Choral responses, under direction of Gordana Trbuhov- Presbytera Georgia Alikakos, Director of Education of ich, were gloriously sung by the well known Pan Ortho- Chicago’s Greek Metropolis. dox Choir of Greater Chicago whose singers represent The historic liturgy concluded with the exclamation: 23 parishes and 8 jurisdictions. His Grace, Bishop IRINEJ (Dobrijevic) of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America, delivered a most inspirational homily entitled “Saints and Sanctity: Orthodoxy in Chicago”. The congregation listened attentively as His Grace intertwined the beginnings of Orthodox Christianity in Greater Chicago, with five of today’s saints whose impressions on our growth were marked by their footsteps in this city. The Sermon con“Grant O Lord, a prosperous and peaceful life, health, cluded with the most recent impression in this city - also safety and furtherance in all good things to all Chicamarked with a memorial Trisagion at the conclusion of goland Orthodox Christians who are celebrating 125 the liturgy, His Eminence Metropolitan IAKOVOS of years of their faith in this great city; and in appreciaChicago. A tribute to him, for being the ‘face of Orthotion, O Lord, of our ancestors who, since the year 1892, doxy’ for 38 years, was also prominently dedicated in founded and established near 80 Orthodox churches the 125th Commemorative Book. throughout Greater Chicago, and to all who worship The liturgy was followed by a celebration banquet at in them, O Lord, bless and preserve them for MANY Chicago’s Marriot O’Hare Hotel where His Grace BishYEARS!” op ILIJA delivered an encouraging directive for unity Historic commemorative books and collector gifts are and harmony rather than independent divisions among available to parish bookstores. Email: 125orthodoxOrthodox Christians living in the same city. The Rev. chicago@gmail.com . Dr. Stanley L. Davis, Jr. Executive Director of CRLMC Advertisement
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