Category: Development

Nouha Ghosseini

  Nouha Ghosseini Professor at the LEBANESE UNIVERSITY Leading student in Architecture at Lebanese University in 1983, Nouha Ghosseini got a studentship from the French Government, which enabled her to obtain a Ph.D. in Urban Planning at the Sorbonne University, in 1988. In 1992, she began teaching at Lebanese University and supervise PhD thesis. Since 1998, she was engaged politically in her native region, Chouf, where she was President of Chouf Souayjani’ Federation of Municipalities and Mayor of Baakline’ municipality (2004-2016), one of six women mayors from 1038 Mayors across Lebanon. She was member of the national committee to...

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Lamia Moubayed Bissat

  Lamia Moubayed Bissat President of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan Lamia Moubayed Bissat is the president of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan at the Lebanese ministry of Finance. She teaches public management at the Institute of Political Studies of the Université Saint Joseph, Beirut. Ms Moubayed is a development economist with experience in the private sector and United Nations. She was awarded the “Chevalier de La Légion d’Honneur” (2015) and “l’Ordre National du Mérite” (2004), for her contribution to State Building and the development of cooperation ties between France, Lebanon and the Arab region. A fervent...

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Vicky el Khoury Zwein

Vicky el Khoury Zwein Co-founder of Sabaa party Vicky was elected twice as council member at Sin El Fil municipality, she’s a political activist and a defender of women’s rights. She trained thousands of women developing their capacities and involving them in politics in Lebanon and Arab countries. She is the director of ONDES, through which she links with women who won the municipal elections through the ” She,For Lebanon” program. Vicky is one of the founders of Women in Parliament, which was launched in 2012 based on her belief in the importance of coordination among all civil society...

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Roula Eid Sawan

Roula Eid Sawan  TEAM IN MOTION Roula is the managing partner at TEAM IN MOTION (Specialized Company for team building activities and personal development training) and is the director of Youth & Culture Center at Zouk Mikael municipality.She is a Team Coach Practitioner & a personal development trainer. Roula has a Master degree in Commercial and Industrial business Administration from St Joseph University. She earned the Train of Trainers from UFE. She is a qualified Team Coach from ORSC-CRR Global San Francisco and member at ICF (International Coach Federation). Roula has her own TV show named #Iza-baddek (اذا بدك...

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Salyne El Samarany

    Salyne El Samarany CEO – Teach For Lebanon    Salyne is a mother of two boys and an advocate for quality education in Lebanon. She participated in the Middle East Partnership Initiative Program for Student Leaders at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, in 2007. She was selected as the Lebanese Ambassador of Youth at the Arab Thought Foundation in 2009. As Chief Executive Officer of Teach For Lebanon, Salyne believes that providing equal educational opportunities for Lebanese children is at the core of the nation’s well-being. She was one of nine young education advocates selected for the...

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