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This Issue’s Message
By Murtaza F. Dilawar
Habtoor News
Congratulations to Mr. Mohammed Al
Habtoor
Emirates Internations School
Graduation Ceremony, School year
2009 / 2010
Habtoor News
DiamondLease relief effort
Promotions and Awards
Under the Spotlight
Jayananth K.K
Lifestyle
Autumn Fruits
Staff News
Birthdays, new appointments & more
Contents
Al Habtoor Group
Sawalef Team:
Noura Badawi
Marissa Grobler
Atef Mousa
Photography by:
Faisal Bouchekhi
For feedback and suggestions please email us at:
A note to our readers;
Ramadan Kareem and Eid Moubarak to all.
Another summer has passed, a quiet season in our
warm country the United Arab Emirates, but still the
pages of our Sawalef are busy with news from all
over our group.
The autumn issue of Sawalef sheds the lights on the
biggest department of our group, the finance depart-
ment. The job of our colleagues in the accounts de-
partment seems a little dull sometimes, especially to
those of us with the more loud and colorful agenda
in the Media & Communication department. But we
should never underestimate the characteristics and
skills it takes to become an accountant. To be a good
accountant, you must have integrity, and objectiv-
ity. You must be professional, have management
and administration skills, honest, objective, patient,
accommodating, always positive, punctual, hon-
est, disciplined, discreet, effective and meticulous
among other things. Accountants with those charac-
teristics are rare, but our colleagues and friends in Al
Habtoor Group head office have many, if not most of
these characteristics.
I have said too much, but I feel not enough… Look
to the pages of sawalef, to meet them one by one…
And that’s not all, we have a lot more.
Noura Badawi
