Sara Sayed
Marketing & Communications Director
Sara is the Director of Marketing and Communications for
Midamar Corporation in Cedar Rapids, IA, a privately
owned business with over 200 Halal Food products and 4
lines of business. While at Midamar, Sara developed the
marketing department and set up the online and social
marketing capabilities for the company.
Prior to Midamar, Sara opened and managed the
biographies of top leaders in the Middle East. She
first licensed and accredited online K through 12
was also the economy editor of the International
school in the Middle East, the K12 International
Herald Tribune and Daily Star in Kuwait.
Academy, in Dubai. Between 1998 and 2010, Sara
was a part of the inaugural faculty team that set
Over the past 15 years, Sara has devoted her free
up Zayed University in the UAE, and worked with
time to working with children’s charities. She
The Arab Gulf Fund for United Nations
started the first Corporate Challenge in the UAE to
Development to set up the Arab Open University
raise funds for children with disabilities, ran silent
in 6 Arab Countries. In addition, Sara taught
auctions for Child Find Ontario, and currently
marketing courses at the college level for 6 years
volunteers on the fundraising committee of My
and ran a successful consulting company which
Iman Montessori School in Cedar Rapids, IA. She is
aided US businesses in setting up operations in
a student of the French and Arabic languages and
the Middle East and Arabian Gulf States.
she teaches part time at a community college.
Between 2006 and 2010, Sara wrote a regular
Sara has 3 married children, Surriah, Maryam, and
column for the Gulf News – Friday Magazine
Ali, and 4 awesome grandchildren, Jameela,
called I, ME, Myself, which featured the
Ayesha, Ibrahim and Mohamed.
1105 60th Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
USA
PH: 319-362-3711
FAX: 319-362-4111
www.midamar.com
E-COMMERCE: www.midamarhalal.com