JEDDAH, 5 February 2007 — Suad Juffali, director of the Ahmed Juffali Benevolent Foundation and member of the American University in Cairo (AUC) Board of Trustees, will deliver the commencement address at AUC’s winter graduation ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Feb. 8 at the Cairo International Conference Center.
Suad Juffali established and organized the first Women’s Welfare Society and the Al-Faisaliyah Women’s Society, both of which deal with the education and health of women and children. In 1985, she founded the Help Center, a special educational institution in Jeddah, for mentally handicapped children.
In addition to being a member of AUC’s Board of Trustees, Suad Juffali is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Academy of Amman, Jordan, the Arab Thought Foundation in Beirut and also of the Board of Overseers of the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She is also a member of the board of several other organizations such as Dar Al-Hanan, the first private school for girls in Jeddah, the Saudi Institute for Health Services and Effat College, the first private women’s college in Saudi Arabia.
In Jerusalem, Suad Juffali is a member of the Board of Trustees of Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi, an orphanage, school and college. She is also a member of other Palestinian organizations such as the Friends of East Jerusalem Hospitals Committee, the Faisal Husseini Welfare Society, and the Relief of Medical and Hospitals Aid in Palestine.
Suad Juffali was born in Jerusalem and is the widow of the late Sheikh Ahmed Juffali. After finishing her primary and intermediate education at St. Joseph School in Jaffa, Palestine, Suad Juffali attended Suk Al-Gharb High School in Lebanon. In 1954, she received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from the Beirut College for Women, now known as the Lebanese American University.
In recognition of her outstanding services, Suad Juffali has received several awards and certificates of appreciation including AUC’s Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award and certificates of appreciation from the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
