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Soraya Salti

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'''Soraya Salti''' (c.1971–2015) was a Jordanian [[social entrepreneur]], Senior Vice President of [[MENA|Middle East/North Africa]] for Junior Achievement Worldwide, [[INJAZ Al-Arab]].

==Life==
Soraya Salti gained a Bachelors in Economics and Accounting and an MBA from [[Northwestern University]]. She worked to apply [[Michael Porter]]'s model of economic development to [[Jordan]] before joining IJAZ, where she helped INJAZ expand into 11 Arab countries, reaching over 100,000 young people.<ref name=Bloomberg>[https://ift.tt/2Qj7RuX Executive Profile: Soraya Salti], ''Bloomberg''.</ref>

In 2006 she won the [[Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship|Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year]] for Jordan.<ref name=Bloomberg/>

==Death==
In November 2015 the bodies of her and her sister, Jumana, were found together at the base of a building under construction in [[Ammann]]. Police suggested their deaths were [[suicide]], but the suggestion was rejected by friends and relatives, prompting allegations that the pair had been [[murder|murdered]].<ref>Suha Maayeh, [https://ift.tt/2DOYaxr Mysterious deaths of prominent sisters shock Jordan], ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'', November 8, 2015.</ref>

==References==



[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Social entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:Deaths in Jordan]]



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