1977 – The beginning: Arab Water World (AWW)

The shrapnel of Civil War did not stop the young couple, Fathi and Mona Chatila, from treading uncharted territory. Noticing that the water industry was surging with potential, and that it was bereft of a single magazine dedicated to tracking this trade and reporting about it, the Chatilas started nurturing a brain child. Amidst the worst episodes of Lebanese civil strife in 1977, and from the heart of Beirut City, Arab Water World (AWW) magazine set sail for the Middle East and North Africa region on its maiden voyage cradled by a newly established Chatila Publishing House (CPH).

The bold gamble of a hydro-geologist, Mr. Fathi Chatila, and his wife the late Mrs. Mona was greeted with tremendous success. The magazine quenched the thirst of experts and anybody immediately interested in water purification, wastewater, irrigation, desalination, and/or energy. Today, three decades later, AWW is published on a monthly basis and still reaches the desktops of water-related specialists and professionals.