PWC’s Keith Lawson named Trust’s interim treasurer
London, 2 March 2018– Keith Lawson of PWC has agreed to take on the role of interim treasurer for the Alexandria Trust. At PWC, Keith specialises in VAT and co-leads PwC’s London Region Tax VAT team. He also leads PwC’s National Charity VAT Group and is PwC’s representative at the Charity Tax Group.
Trust welcomes new board member: Alia Moubayed
London, 24 November 2017– Alia Moubayed is the most recent addition to the Alexandria Trust’s Board of Trustees. Alia is Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Programme (GESP) at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Before IISS, Alia worked as Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa region at Barclays Bank in London. She joined Barclays from the World Bank where she worked for six...
Read MoreFrances Guy named new Chair of Board of Trustees
London, 14 October 2016 – Frances Guy has been named new Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alexandria Trust. The appointment was confirmed by Trustees at an October 14, 2016, board meeting, where it was agreed that Emma Playfair will step down as Chair, effective immediately, and that Frances will replace her, reviewable after six months at her request.
Trust helps raise awareness about plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
London, 1 October 2017 — The Alexandria Trust, through Al-Fanar Media, and with support from the British Council, brought three Lebanese professionals who work with Syrian refugees to the UK to speak at several universities to help raise awareness about the situation of Syrians in Lebanon and to see if such visits could be expanded as another way of providing information to donors, universities, and other interested parties. While the...
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The Alexandria Trust mourns the loss of Khalil Mahshi
London, 6 January 2017 – With a heavy and sad heart, the Alexandria Trust announces the passing of Khalil Mahshi, a former Trustee and a true inspiration to many in the education field. The Alexandria Trust extends its most sincere condolences to his family. UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), where Khalil Mahshi was director from 2010 to 2014, posted the following In Memoriam: “It is with deep regret that we...
Read MoreFormer AUB President joins board of Alexandria Trust
London, 27 July 2016– John Waterbury has joined the Board of Trustees of the Alexandria Trust. John became the 14th President of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in January 1998 and retired from the presidency in July 2008. Before joining AUB, John was for 20 years professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He was Director of Princeton’s Center of...
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Alexandria Trust incubates new refugee education project
London, 16 June 2016 – The Alexandria Trust is pleased to announce the incubation of the Jamiya Project, a new start-up NGO committed to facilitating and supporting higher education for refugees. The Jamiya Project plans to pilot its new model opening online university courses for Syrian refugees by working with displaced Syrian academics, the University of Gothenburg and local partners in Jordan and Turkey. The incubation of the Jamiya Project will allow the Trust...
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Sigrid Rausing Trust awards Alexandria Trust 1-year grant
London, 16 March 2016 – The Sigrid Rausing Trust has awarded the Alexandria Trust a one-year grant from their Trustees’ Small Grants Fund. The grant will support the development of the Trust’s translation project which aims to bring the great works of academic literature in an accessible format to those whose first language is Arabic. The Alexandria Trust is developing a radical new contribution to transforming learning in the humanities and social sciences in...
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Oman makes major contribution to Trust’s translation venture
London, 18 August 2015 – The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science, announced it will contribute $60,000 to the Alexandria Trust to cover the cost of translating 10 books into Arabic. The grant will make a major contribution to the Trust’s efforts to bring the great works of academic literature in an accessible format to those whose first language is Arabic. In September...
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BISC launches drive to sponsor Trust’s Arabic translation project
London, 14 April 2015 – The British International School, Cairo (BISC) has launched an appeal to the BISC community to support the work of the Alexandria Trust by sponsoring the translation of seminal academic texts into Arabic. The texts are a new, high quality collection of critical analyses of very famous works across 14 disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. They will be part of an all-new library currently being developed in...
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