Sonia Khanji
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Name in Arabic:
صونيا خانجي
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Nationality:
Syrian
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Country of Residence:
Syria
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Sonia Khanji's Bio
A Syrian businesswoman.
She is a partner and general manager in Khanji Trading Company, a partner in Sarmadi Limited Company, head of the cosmetics and hair care industries department in Khanji and Zahka Trading Company for Import, head of the Francophone Women’s Committee in Damascus, and representative of Khanji and Qashisho Company.
She is also a founding member of the Arab Investors Association in Cairo.
She assumed the position of head of the Businesswomen's Committee of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce , and served on the board of directors of both the same chamber and Bemo Saudi Fransi Bank. She also taught economics at Charles de Gaulle School in Damascus, and participated in preparing a study on "The Importance of the Role of Syrian Women in Economic Development."
She participated in preparing a study on the importance of the role of Syrian women in economic development, and represented Syria in a number of international conferences related to businesswomen and gender issues. In 2006, she participated in the roundtable organized by the World Bank in Washington on the role of women in developing the private sector in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Khanji has been honored several times, including by the Group of Francophone Women and the United Nations for her assistance in giving lectures on the World Trade Organization (WTO). She was also honored by the Islamic Chamber and by the Center for Arab Studies - Kawthar in Tunisia.
She holds a Master's degree in Economic Analysis from Saint Joseph University in the Lebanese Republic, and a diploma from the Lyon Academy in France.




