Dr. Ali Saad ( ar, علي سعد) (b. Damascus, 1953) is a former Minister of Education in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, an Elected Member of the Central Committee, and a member of the Baath Party. He holds a Ph.D. degree in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

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Veiled order bans niqab in Syrian classrooms
Phil Sands, '' The National'', 8 July 2010
Syria's niqab ban is part of a clash within Islam itself
Faisal al Yafai, ''Cif Belief'' at ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', 19 July 2011
Syria bans niqab from universities
'' AP'', ''

'', 20 July 2010
Syria relaxes veil ban for teachers
'' AP'', 6 April 2011
Q&A: Ali Sa'ad Minister of Education
Dalia Haidar, '' Syria Today'', February 2011 1953 births Living people Syrian ministers of education University of Bucharest alumni Damascus University alumni Politicians from Damascus Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region politicians {{Syria-bio-stub