He remembers the day several decades ago when he and Siraj's grandfather decided to drop Chowduli as their last name.
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Nobody in the family of his college-educated cousin, Siraj, can explain exactly why they pushed him to keep studying toward his degree.
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3.
Enter Ibrahim Mardam-Bey, now chief executive of Siraj Capital but then an adviser to Lebanon's BSEC, an investment bank specializing in sharia-compliant structures.