User:George Gabra Abdalla

George was born in Wad Madani, Sudan, in 1929. When he was 4 years old, George moved to Alexandria, Egypt with his father. He received his Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from the Alexandria Faculty of Arts in June of 1953. During his studies, he met the love of his life, Evelyn Ibrahim whom he married the year he graduated and took off with to Falluja, Iraq, where he worked as an English teacher. During this time their eldest child, Mona, was born. In 1956, the family moved back to Cairo, Egypt, where George took up the post of political analyst at the United States Embassy eventually becoming the chief of the political analysis unit working until 1987. Being the active intellectual that he was, George also worked as a part-time editor and translator at the Middle East News Agency splitting up his mornings and evenings between the two jobs. If that were not enough, George also received his Masters in African Studies from the African Studies Institute at the Cairo University in 1968 and a Diploma in Translation and Interpretation in 1971 from the American University in Cairo. During that period George and Evelyn were blessed with 3 more children, Amal, Gabra and Selim. In 1987, George moved to the United States of America to work for the United States Information Agency. He worked there until his retirement in 1994. For the next several years, George enjoyed freelance contracts with Newsweek and other prominent journals writing, translating and editing numerous articles.

George was known to be an outgoing, charming and curious soul who touched the lives of the people around him.