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Bani Saad, Iraq (AFP) April 2, 2024 - In a small village in central Iraq, children cram into dilapidated classrooms in a converted farmhouse with open-air toilets, a symptom of how education has been neglected in the oil-rich but war-weary country.

In a small village in central Iraq, children cram into dilapidated classrooms in a converted farmhouse with open-air toilets, a symptom of how education has been neglected in the oil-rich but war-weary country.But the project stalled, and parents took matters into their own hands, renting a small farmhouse and converting it into a school for 200 pupils.

Article content When I first met Naim Ali, he had returned to Calgary from New York — where he had practised corporate law with a Wall Street firm — to oversee the strategic planning and operations for his family’s companies. At the time they included Regency Suites Hotel, Budget Rent A Car, Park & Jet and a number of downtown parkade and surface parking lots. Armed with an executive MBA from Haskayne School of Business and completing a QuantumShift from the Ivey School of Business at Western University, Ali is now CEO of family firm SM2 Capital Partners that today is being run by a you...