Issam Eid

Issam Eid was born on the 8th of November 1986, in Beirut, Lebanon; it was a rainy Saturday under the circumstances of the Lebanese Civil war. 4.5Kg was his weight.

He was born in a Christian Maronite family, his father Toni origin from Shouf Mountains and a mother Diana from Armenian descent. Eldest among a sister and brother, he grew up in Badaro and frequented “Notre-Dame Des-Anges” school.

Since his childhood, he was a big addict to everything having four wheels. In 1990, when the Lebanese civil war got harder, his father decided to leave the country with the whole family and go to Cyprus, where they stayed a couple of month and then immigrated to Canada. They lived in Montreal’s St-Laurent Quennville district; Issam went to Henri-Beaulieau School for two years and later transferred to Ecole-Pasteur.

The swimming hobby started in Canada when he was learning to swim. His father decided to bring back his family to Lebanon due to his work nature –travelling –that didn’t allow him to stay close to his children and wife. Issam was sent to College St-Joseph in Antoura from 1995 till 2002. He participated in the Lebanese Swimming Championship and was ranked fourth.

He did his high school years in Lycee de Ville Adonis and graduated in 2005. During his 2 years of high school he got into the basket-ball and soccer team and participated in many competitions. At the age of 18, when his father founded his own company, Issam decided to help his father in work. He was influenced by a lady working there Reem whom she cheered him as he loves cars why not developing his writing skills. After many attempts, his first article was published in September 2005 named “Herbie, the Love Bug”.

His first work related trip was to Dubai Motorshow in December 2005. Issam thought of continuing his college degree in Canada but being attached to his own country Lebanon he settled on and went to the American University of Technology in Halat, and majored in Management Information Systems in Spring 2006.

Time passed by and Issam was appointed as a contributing editor for “ArabWheels” magazine. He, later on began writing in “Telecom Review” magazine. His business trips included many countries he went to such as Bahrain to witness two Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2007 and 2008, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan are the places where he has test drove numerous vehicles covered press conferences. He went also to Germany, France, Spain and USA. He was elected the president of the student council cabinet for the academic year 2007-2008. He has hosted at his university a safety and entertaining campaign entitled “Automotive Show” to avoid cars accidents in Lebanon, featuring Lebanese Rally Champion Abdo Feghali; it was covered by “Al-Balad” newspapers on the 28th of March 2008. Issam was interviewed for a small career history about his involvement in motoring journalism in “Al-Akhbar” newspaper on the 5th of May 2008.

Life experience developed in Issam managing and organizing skills which led him to be a charismatic and high-self confident person. His firm and strong character ended him up to be the center of attention. Although he has a calm personality, he is emotional and energetic. He is someone funny to be with socially and almost everything in his life is changing for the better. His vitality and courage are strong and is enthusiastic to meet challenges and to defeat obstacles. Social events, cultural activities, and entertainment are highly favored. He feels good and can enjoy himself. Patience is one of the main aspects of Issam’s persona. He is capable of forceful, decisive action, and he has the will to carry through on his intentions. His favorite idols are his father and a Lebanese Ex-Politician Bachir El Gemayel.