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Palestinians mourn celebrated businessman, philanthropist

Prominent Palestinian businessman Said Khoury left behind a philanthropic legacy prompted by his desire that Palestinians everywhere live in dignity.
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (L), honours Said Khoury, chairman of the Consolidated Contractors group of Companies (CCC),  during the opening session of the 3rd Kuwait Financial Forum in Kuwait City on October 31,2011. AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

It would be difficult to find a student at Birzeit University who does not know the name Said Khoury. Since 2009, a 3,611-square-meter (38,868-square-foot) building bearing his name has stood tall on the hills of the new university campus. It houses the Center for Development Studies, the Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute for International Studies and the Institute of Community and Public Health.

In a similar vein, it would be almost impossible for a student at al-Quds University not to know the name of this Palestinian businessman and philanthropic role model. The Said Khoury Information Technology Center of Excellence, in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dis, has been a successful incubator and hub of teaching for Palestinian students since 2002.

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