Mounira Solh 1933 AJCW graduate Mounira Solh was a relentless advocate for the equal rights of women and people with disabilities. Among the first women to run for Parliament, she was one of the most prominent female leaders of the demonstrations that led to Lebanon’s independence in 1943. She established Al Amal Institute for the Disabled, a pathbreaking institution in the region, and was vice president of the Lebanese Council of Women and the International Council of Women.
Pergrouhi Najarian Svajian Pergrouhi Najarian Svajian graduated from AJCW in 1942, and went on to complete her Ph.D. in child development and family relations in 1952. She came back to what had since become BCW to join the faculty of the Home Economics Department, which she later chaired. After joining AUB’s Department of Education for a time, she returned to BCW to become the first female dean of faculty in the university’s history. Svajian has also played a leadership role in her Armenian community.
Edvick Jureidini Shayboub graduated from AJCW in 1934, and after an initial stint as a teacher — teaching for seven years in Iraq — went on to build a pioneering career in print and radio journalism in the Middle East. Shayboub traveled the world as an advocate for women’s rights, and became the editor-in-chief of both the monthly journal Sawt al-Mar’a (Woman’s Voice) and Dunya al-Mara’, a women’s magazine.
Thurayya Malhas Suleiman After receiving her A.A. from AJCW in 1945, Thurayya Malhas Suleiman went on to major in Arabic and education at AUB. A year after completing her M.A. in 1951, she began teaching at BCW, where she became chair of the Arabic Department. A highly regarded poet, Suleiman holds a Ph.D. in Arabic Philosophy and has several publications to her credit.
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Zahiyah Maksad Salman is a wellknown humanitarian and child welfare advocate in Lebanon. A 1930 graduate of AJCW, Salman took the initiative leading to the establishment of day care centers across Lebanon as early as 1937. She was the founding president of the National Committee for Child’s Day, and participated in the establishment of several renowned national welfare associations.
Edvick Jureidini Shayboub
Diana Taky Deen Diana Taky Deen is an internationally renowned concert pianist who grew up between Lebanon and the Philippines, and graduated from BCW in 1951. She has studied in Paris, Rome, Siena, Salzburg and New York, and given concerts in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa and South America.
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Zahiyah Maksad Salman