Shakir al Khafaji
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Shakir al Khafaji is a Detroit-based Iraqi-American
businessman. He immigrated to the United States
in 1975. He graduated with a B.S. degree in architecture from Lawrence Tech Universityin 1980. He received an M.S. in Urban Planning in 1982 from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Mr. al Khafaji is a senior executive, with nearly four decades of business experience. He is Chairman of Veritas Automotive and Machinery, LLC, with an office in Southfield, Michigan. He has deep knowledge of Iraqi culture and society. He was born into a merchant family in Baghdad, and attended schools with many of the governmental leaders in the Middle East. Over the years, Mr. al Khafaji has engaged in an extensive number of business activities, including commercial trade with Iraq and the Middle East. As a result of his unique position, he has been able to play a role in the development and implementation of U.S. policy with respect to Iraq for over twenty years. He continues to maintain close relationships with business and political leaders in that region.
He was chairman of the 17th conference of Iraqi expatriates.
Iraqi American
Iraqi Americans are Americans of Iraqi descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. The number of Iraqi Americans is around 140,000 according to the Arab American Institute....
businessman. He immigrated to the United States
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in 1975. He graduated with a B.S. degree in architecture from Lawrence Tech Universityin 1980. He received an M.S. in Urban Planning in 1982 from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Mr. al Khafaji is a senior executive, with nearly four decades of business experience. He is Chairman of Veritas Automotive and Machinery, LLC, with an office in Southfield, Michigan. He has deep knowledge of Iraqi culture and society. He was born into a merchant family in Baghdad, and attended schools with many of the governmental leaders in the Middle East. Over the years, Mr. al Khafaji has engaged in an extensive number of business activities, including commercial trade with Iraq and the Middle East. As a result of his unique position, he has been able to play a role in the development and implementation of U.S. policy with respect to Iraq for over twenty years. He continues to maintain close relationships with business and political leaders in that region.
He was chairman of the 17th conference of Iraqi expatriates.