The Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al (AFIAL) was founded in 1991 by the ministerial decree N°244/AD. It is a scientific association that seeks to honor the memory of one of the most eminent scientists in Lebanon in the water and electricity fields and to encourage the new generation of engineers to specialise in both fields. The Association aspires at spreading the spirit of Ibrahim Abd El Al among the young. This spirit is one of unbound devotion to Lebanon and of absolute determination to achieve economical stability and to provide basic welfare by bringing water and light to every home. Abd El Al believed that this can only be done by establishing a national plan for the exploitation of Lebanon's natural resources, specifically water resources, based on scientific studies using accurate data and long term studies. The Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al is composed of an Executive Committee, Scientific Committee and of a General Assembly of some 100 active participants. Most of the members were Abd El Al's students at Makassed and ESIB (Faculty of Engineering at St Joseph University). (click here for more). All the activities of the Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al aim at promoting the objectives that guided Ibrahim Abd El Al throughout his professional work, namely the development of hydraulic and electrical projects in Lebanon as part of a planified vision at the national scale. (click here for more).