Hi everyone, My name is Amr. I was born in Beirut, Lebanon in March, 1975. My family moved to live in Aleppo - Syria which is our family original home city after the beginning of Lebanon civil war. I grew up in Aleppo which I still like mostly.

   I used to go to a former American school (Aleppo College) for my elementary, secondary and high school. I spent there more than 12 years. I had unforgettable days there. Hard days in the midterms and finals. Joyful days of picnics and vacations. I was always such a hard working student. I got a lot of friends and teachers there whom I can never forget. I graduated from the high school in 1993.

   I started my professional studies as an Information and Computer Engineer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aleppo University - Syria. Although the university is not that powerful, however, I learned a lot there and what ever people say I can not deny the university role in my current proficiency. The university showed me the way, but I myself with a group of friends continued that way. We studied a lot of computer related subjects outside of the university classrooms. We concentrated on the computer programming field. Which is my hobby also. While continuing my education I got two certificates from Aleppo Technical Institute. (C++ and Object Pascal). My graduation project was a complete home automation system that controls a number of the home appliances remotely by using the PC. I got the best grade in that year for this project. I consider my undergraduate days in Aleppo university are the happiest days in my life. Because I met there my current faithful friends with whom I share my happy and sad moments. I graduated in 1998.

   I served two mandatory years in the Syrian military service. I am very happy now that I did it and passed it successfully. I finished the service in 1999. Just a month after my father had passed away :-(

  I traveled to the United States in October 2000 to complete my software programming studies. I passed the TOEFL and the GRE entrance exams within my first 3 months at the UNCC (www.uncc.edu) in Charlotte , NC. I had applied and been accepted in a number of good US universities for a masters in computer science major. After reviewing these universities program I chose the best one that suit my ambitions which is DePaul (www.depaul.edu).