Assalaamu Alaykum

D De ea ar r I IM MA AN NA A M Me em mb be er rs s: : It is a privilege and an honor for me to serve you as the president of this organization. Although IMANA Executive Council members volunteer their time, energy, and money to serve the association, IMANA recognizes that you have put your trust in the organization. During this year, the Executive Council and I will promote the goals and mission of IMANA, inshaallah. The Executive Committee has started working on many projects. Please visit the web site to get familiar with the Executive Committee members. We are very excited about launching our new and improved IMANA web site. Please give us your feedback. The Relief Committee, under the leadership of Dr. Ismail Mehr, has made IMANA known for disaster and medical relief work in Haiti and most recently in Pakistan. Currently, we are focusing on rehabilitation of the Pakistan flood victims, providing hand pumps for clean drinking water and tents and other basic supplies to help the victims face the coming winter. For details of our previous projects please visit the IMANA web site. Dr. Khalique Zahir and his team of plastic surgeons and anesthesiologists went to Khartoum, Sudan, earlier this year for a cleft lip and palate repair camp and later for a vesicovaginal fistula repair camp. Another cleft lip/palate project is planned for the end of this year. We are also considering having educational seminars and hands-on training camps to train local physicians in African and other countries. Any member interested in participating is welcome to contact IMANA headquarters. The Public Health Committee, under the leadership of Dr. Maqbool Haq, has developed brochures in four different languages (English, Arabic, Spanish, Urdu) as a guide to good health practices. An IMANA guide to starting a charity clinic, Charity 101, is also available on the IMANA web site. This year, with Dr. Azam Kundi as cochair, other charity health-care related projects for North America, such as healthy lunch programs for schools, are evolving.sponsored a highly successful two-day conference on September 17-18 on ethics of end-of-life issues, in collaboration with Hofstra University, in New York. Many other papers on ethics are available on the IMANA web site. Committee chair and cochair, are planning seminars for next year's Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) meeting in collaboration with the Resident's Committee chair, and compiling …