{"id":8600,"date":"2025-12-19T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collegiodimilano.it\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:57:12","slug":"visita-shalabi-finafrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collegiodimilano.it\/en\/news-en\/visita-shalabi-finafrica\/","title":{"rendered":"30 years later: former Finafrica student returns to visit Collegio di Milano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>headquarters of Fondazione Collegio delle Universit\u00e0 Milanesi in Via San Vigilio<\/strong> is the symbol of a long tradition of <strong>international education.<\/strong> Before Collegio di Milano, these spaces were home to <strong>Finafrica<\/strong>, a project of excellence run by Fondazione Cariplo, created to train and empower young people from developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those students was <strong>Abdelfattah Al Shalabi<\/strong>, now Director General of the Jordan Cooperative Corporation \u2013 a government agency under the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture \u2013 who returned three decades later to revisit the places where he studied: &#8220;I had the pleasure of visiting the Fondazione Collegio delle Universit\u00e0 Milanesi, formerly known as Fondazione Giordano dell&#8217;Amore (FINAFRICA), once again. In fact, this was my first visit in 27 years since I earned my master&#8217;s degree in Banking and Finance for Development at this prestigious institution. It was truly a wonderful opportunity to relive the old days and the memories I shared and the experiences I had on your esteemed campus when I was a student.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdelfattah&#8217;s visit ideally reconnected Via San Vigilio&#8217;s past with its present, celebrating a <strong>historical memory<\/strong> that continues to make Milan a point of reference and a bridge to international contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headquarters of Fondazione Collegio delle Universit\u00e0 Milanesi in Via San Vigilio is the symbol of a long tradition of international education. Before Collegio di Milano, these spaces were home to Finafrica, a project of excellence run by Fondazione Cariplo, created to train and empower young people from developing countries. 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