Dr. Alaa El Husseini October 21, 1962 - December 23, 2007
Photos of Alaa

Alaa's Life Story

Alaa's Late Parents Mr. Abdul Salam El-Husseini and Mrs. Jamila Khalid
Alaa 6 months Old
Alaa with his Curly Hair at 1.5 years old
Alaa 1.5 Yrs Old
Alaa- 4 Yrs Old
Alaa- 4 Yrs Old In Gaza with Mother Jamila and Sister Abeir
Alaa-6 Yrs Old
Alaa in Gaza with Sisters Afaf (far left) and Abeir
Alaa in Gaza with (from Left) Brother Abdul Kader, Sister Abeir, Mother Jamila, And Brother Aref, (Left Front) Sister Afaf
Alaa In Gaza with Brother Abdul Kader (to his Left) and Oldest Brother Adly(back Left) with Brother Azmi, Brother Aref and Sister Abeir
Alaa 6 Yrs Old with Mother Jamila and Sister Abeir
Alaa- 7 Yrs old
Alaa Hugging Sister Aida, and along with Sisters Afaf and Abeir, Gaza 1968
Alaa Playing with Oldest Sister Aida and Sister Abeir
The family in Gaza 1971
Alaa Playing on the Donkey with His Brothers.
Alaa in Egypt 1975
Alaa With His Niece and Friend Lama, 1976
Alaa in First Year University, Egypt
Alaa with His University Friends, Egypt, 1980
Alaa While working at an oil field in Abu-Dhabi, UAE, 1985.
Alaa the musician, with his nephews and nieces in Abu Dhabi, UAE 1986
Alaa In Winnipeg with Cousin Nadeem(far Left) Cousin Nader, Uncle Professor Musa Khalidi, Aunt Jihad, and Cousin Hani, 1989
Alaa Finishing his Masters OF Science, Winnipeg 1993
Alaa while visiting his siter Afaf and her family in Jordan, 1992
Alaa with his Sister Aida, and Niece Lama enjoying the first snow storm in Vancouver, 1995
Alaa With his Late Mother while completing his PhD at UBC, 1996.
Alaa sharing his amazing results with his Professor, Friend and Mentor Dr. Steven Vincent during his PhD at UBC, 1997.
Alaa Receiving his PhD at UBC, 1998
Alaa With His Brother Aref, UBC 1998
Alaa Moving to San Francisco to complete his Post Doctoral Work at UCSF, 1998
Alaa Returning back to Vancouver in 2001 as an aspiring Professor to be a part of the new Brain Research Center at UBC.
Another Day at the Office!
Alaa Handing his Nephew and Best Friend Rami his Doctor Degree, 2001
Alaa loved the outdoors and the family to be around him, At Seymore Mountain with Fiance Andrea(Far left), sister in law Inas, Brother in-law Ibrahim, Sister Aida, Niece Lama, Nephew Saif, and Nephew Abdul (Front)
Alaa with his late mother and Sister and Close friend Aida, 2007.
Alaa with brothers Aref and Awni.
Alaa reading an article about Palestine while visiting his uncle Dr. Musa Khalidi, Winnipeg, 2002
Alaa the Adventurer, on a white water rafting trip, 2005.
Alaa with Sister Abeir while traveling in Spain, 2005.
Alaa while travelling to Montreal with Niece Lama, and nephews Abdul and Ahmed.
Alaa assembled one of the most active and accomplished teams at UBC. His Lab members always referred to him as the “Cool Boss”. Hanging out with his Team of students, technicians and post-docs at a Christmas Dinner, 2006
Alaa with fiancée Andrea having dinner with his Lab Team.
Alaa loved to travel, on one of his many trips to Europe, 2007.
Alaa with his fiancée Andrea while traveling in Mexico, 2007
Alaa at his home office with his favorite view!!
Alaa- Always Thinking!
Alaa with Rami having his Favourite Meal, Sushi!
Alaa during his last visit to Qatar with her Highness Princess Moza Al Misned, 2006
Alaa (Member of the Founding Committee) Chairing one of the Seminars at the Conference for Arab Ex-Patriot Scientists in Qatar, 2006
Alaa with his late Mother Jamila Khalidi.
Alaa surrounded by his Nephews, sitting with his Brother Adly (Left), and brother Aref.
Alaa with brothers Abdul Kader, Azmi, Awni, along with his Nephew Tamer while traveling to Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2006
Alaa the Skier enjoying a day on the slopes.
Dr. Steven Vincent speaking at Dr. Alaa’s Memorial service which was attended by hundreds of family, friends, colleagues and students.

Paintings

Alaa enjoying making one of his many aspiring paintings.
Alaa’s New year Painting.
Alaa’s Collection 1
Alaa’s Collection 2

Homeland

Homeland
Jerusalem
Alaa was born in Gaza on Oct 21, 1962.

Bench

The family set up this bench at Kitsilano beach in Vancouver overlooking the ocean in memory of our Late Mother Jamila Khalidi and Precious Brother Dr. Alaa El-Husseini. They both loved the ocean and from this spot, they will have an unobstructed view of our beautiful beach!.

Alaa and Jamila bench
Alaa and Jamila bench
Alaa and Jamila bench

Newspaper Articles

Globe and Mail Article
Globe and Mail Article
Miracle Newspaper
Miracle Newspaper