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Khala, Noor Hossain Khalu & Nadim came to visit us this summer on
their way back to San Jose from Yellowstone National Park. We took them to see
Washington Capitol, Ferry ride from Bremerton to Seattle & Microsoft
campus. We really enjoyed their stay with us even though it was only for couple
of days. Noor Hossain Khalu is career
diplomat and retired Ambassador. He is also founder of Prakriti
Foundation. You can click the following link for more
information on Prakriti Foundation.
http://www.prakritifoundation.org |
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Khala, Khalu, Nadim & Anika |
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Khalu in front of Space Niddle |
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Khalu in front of Space Niddle |
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Having breakfast at our home |
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Having breakfast at our home |
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Having breakfast at our home |
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| Modhu Bhai is Maniza's cousin. He works
for the city of Houston. They have been living in Houston for a
long time. We went to Modhu Bhai's house on our way to Cancun,
Mexico. These pictures are taken at their new house in Houston.
Modhu Bhai has a lovely family with 2 daughters and 1 son. |
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Salima Apa, Abrar Bhai & family at our home, 8/12/06 |
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Shabbir & Shanewas at Mt. Rainier |
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Lamis & Nadim at Mt Rainier |
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Lamis & Sonia - Thanksgiving Dinner at our house |
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Shanewas and Lamis showing off each others camera |
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Rana Khala & Khalu (Dec 99) |
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Julia Khala & Iftekar (Dec 99) |
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Maniza with Rana Khala & Khalu, 1999 |
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It is with
great pleasure that we announce the engagement of our only daughter,
Barrister Lolita Lamis Hossain, LL M (Harvard), with Robert James Mcleod,
MBA. The engagement took place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jamie is
a mid-level officer in the Health Department of the US Government, while
Lamis is working as a Legal Counsel at McKesson.
We hope
to announce the wedding plan of Lamis and Jamie in the near future and
would cherish your blessings and goodwill for the forthcoming happy
ceremony.
Ruksana
Hossain & Syed Noor Hossain |
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Wedding of Lamis and Jamie -
Thanks for Your Blessings |
Dear Friends and Relatives,
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the wedding of our only
daughter, Lolita Lamis Hossain, was concluded in most splendid
manner on 16 May 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia. The venue of the ceremony
was the beautiful historical mansion, The Wimbish House, located at
the heart of Atlanta city. We are grateful to the friends and
relatives who were gracious enough to attend the wedding, some
coming from far off places. We regret that some of you could not
make it to witness this beautiful multi-cultural wedding that
blended the best of the East and the West. We missed you.
Our daughter, Lamis, decided to marry the man she loved. We gave all
our blessings to her decision and tried our best to make her wedding
as colorful and enjoyable as possible. We were lucky to get a venue,
a mini castle, which was most suitable for the wedding. We used all
the three floors of the building for dressing, cocktail,
cake-cutting, and dinner and dance. Some of our guests came from far
off places like UK, Turkey and Canada. Others were from Alabama,
Boston, California and Louisiana. A couple from Houston could not
make it at the last moment.
All aspects of the wedding of Lamis and Jamie were enjoyable from
the beginning to end. Most of our guests were unfamiliar with our
wedding tradition and for them both the gayehalud and the wedding
ceremonies were most exciting and unforgettable experience. At the
gayehalud ceremony, the foreign ladies were clad in sari and
provided a wonderful look for the occasion. The ladies on the
groom's side wore sari too. We wanted to keep the event small and
used our daughter's apartment and the rooftop terrace for the party.
The groom's party brought a big Red Snapper, wood-smoked. The fish
looked as beautiful as it tasted delicious. All the guests
participated in the gayehlaud rituals which were fun-filled. We
provided Bengali dishes catered by a local restaurant and cooked
bhoona khichuri and niramish at home.
The wedding ceremony was spectacular with live music rendered by
eminent South Asian musicians – performing sitar, violin and tabla –
as well by a Western pianist. The exciting dance music was provided
by a popular DJ. The dinner was a formal sit-down one with black-tie
/ dark suit as the dress code. The dinner menu was provided by two
caterers, combining the best dishes from the West and Bangladesh.
We ordered a magnificent wedding cake in ivory color and orchid
motif.
It took a month for the specialist baker to create the floral design
which looked so real. The whole wedding ceremony started at 5 PM and
ended at 11 PM. However, the celebration continued by the friends at
he Presidential Suite of the Mariott Hotel which we booked as the
suite for the newly-weds. When every one departed it was already the
next day, well past 1 AM.
Lamis and Jamie departed for two weeks' honeymoon in Hawaii the
morning following the wedding. They returned with the most exciting
and enjoyable experience of their life. .
Prior to the wedding, Jamie – Robert Jamie McLeod – converted to
Islam on 6 May at the Atlanta mosque. The simple ceremony was
performed by the Imam. Thereafter, Jamie received congratulatory
embraces from the people who assembled for Esha prayer. Jamie joined
the prayer too.
Dear well-wishers, we would thank you again for your graciousness
and like to seek your continued blessings for the happy conjugal
life of Lamis and Jamie.
The photos by the professional photographers will take some more
time to be ready. We will put them up later on.
With best wishes to you all.
Yours sincerely,
Ruksana and Syed Noor Hossain
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