January 5, 2011
By Bob Zientara Staff Writer, photo by Amy Vinchattle, courtesy of Ames Tribune.

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On Abir Qamhiyah’s office wall, there’s a sign with the following passage: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
For the cofounder of iSEEK Corp., which writes and markets a “geometric search engine” for engineers and computer-aided designers, it’s an apt look at a life that includes a flight from Kuwait to avoid Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion, exile in Jordan and the challenges that came with relocating to North America and launching a career.