Former AUC President joins board of Alexandria Trust
Lisa Anderson has joined the Board of Trustees of the Alexandria Trust. She served as President of the American University in Cairo from 2011-2016. Dr Anderson is Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emerita at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. She is Dean Emerita of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia, where she led the school from 1997-2007. Prior...
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Trust organises second UK lecture tour with British Council
Building on experience in organising higher-education events in Istanbul, Amman, Beirut, London, Washington, and New York, the Alexandria Trust, through Al-Fanar Media and in collaboration with the British Council, invited two Syrian academics to the United Kingdom to speak about the state of Syrian higher education and the needs of individual professors and students to improve the quality of higher education. This “lecture tour” builds on the experience of Al-Fanar...
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Lebanese philanthropist joins Trust board
Maha Shair, a Lebanese philanthropist, has joined the Board of Trustees of the Alexandria Trust. Maha supports causes in education, health and women empowerment, among others. Her philanthropic giving to higher education has helped to enable academic institutions to fund research and scholarships, in addition to evolving physically. Maha is a Roads for Life sports ambassador and has been running for charity for over 20 years with the support of family...
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