Saudi prince gives Cambridge University £8m for Islamic studies centre

By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent
07/04/2008

Cambridge University has been given £8 million by a Saudi Arabian prince to establish an Islamic studies centre.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, ranked in the top 20 richest men in the world, with a fortune of about £10 billion, has donated the cash to the university to fund a centre in his name for the study of the role of Islam in the Middle East and globally. the rest