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Success in complex markets comes from commitment, not from distance. If you are not willing to be there, someone else will be.

commitmentenergy— Financial Times Interview, 2014
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You can come from anywhere and build something in Britain. The system is not perfect, but it is more open than people think.

entrepreneurshipimmigration— London Business School Event, 2012
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Syria gave me my values. Britain gave me the platform. The Middle East gave me the market. I needed all three.

businessidentity— Asfari Foundation Annual Report, 2017
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Energy is not just a commodity. It is civilization. Every barrel extracted builds a hospital or a school somewhere.

developmentenergy— Petrofac Investor Day, 2016
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The Arab world does not lack talent. It lacks systems that trust and empower that talent. That is what education reform must fix.

arab-worldeducation— Asfari Foundation, Oxford Conference, 2019