Professor Soraya Soubhi Smaili

Professor Soraya Soubhi Samili was born in Brazil to Lebanese immigrant parents who hailed from the Bekaa Valley. Professor Samili did her undergraduate studies at the University of São Paulo and then earned both her master’s and Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the Federal University of São Paulo. She is the president of the Federal University of São Paulo. In this interview with Asma' Min el-Tarikh, she talks about... more

Lebanese in the Financial Sector

The international finance and banking sector is a magnet for the most talented and brightest among the Lebanese – whether their education is in the field or not. Lebanese who have graduated in various disciplines - be it engineering, telecommunication, law, business, international affairs, or even biology, tend to thrive in the financial world. Many young Lebanese have left or were sent abroad by their families... more

Shakir Saliba Jerwan: Aviator and Inventor 

Shakir Saliba Jerwan (1881-1942) was born on February 16, 1881, in Beirut, Lebanon. He was the son of Reverend Jerwan Saliba, the first Protestant evangelical pastor to be ordained in Lebanon, and of Farida Saliba, an ophthalmologist. Jerwan migrated to the United States of America in 1904 with his brother Fred (Fuad), who worked with Jerwan in various aspects of aviation, as well as his two other brothers Amin and Samuel. Jerwan became a U.S. citizen in 1910... more

Dr. Rana Hajjeh: Federal Employee of the Year

Dr. Rana Hajjeh was born in Tripoli, Lebanon. She completed her undergraduate and medical studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 1981 to 1988. On September 22, 2014, Dr. Hajjeh, director of the Division of Bacterial Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and former director of the Hib Initiative at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), was awarded the ‘Federal Employee of the Year’... more

Dr. Syrine Hout: Home Matters in the Diaspora

Dr. Syrine Hout’s 2012 book is Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction: Home Matters in the Diaspora. According to Hout, “this book examines the phenomenon of the post-civil war Anglophone Lebanese fictional narrative. The texts chosen for study have been produced in, and are substantially about, life in exile. They therefore deal not only with the brutal civil strife in Lebanon (1975-1990) but with one of its crucial and long-standing by-products: expatriation.”... more

Monie Captan was born on May 28, 1962, to a Lebanese father and a native Liberian mother. Before serving as foreign minister... more

 Noel Jammal: Formula 3 Driver, Spain

Noel Jammal Fernández (known as Noel Jammal) was born in Madrid, Spain, on March 3, 1990, to a Lebanese father, Youssef... more 

Serouj Kradjian: Pianist & Composer, Canada

Born in Lebanon to Armenian parents, Serouj Kradjian “studied piano with Boghos Gelalian before moving to Toronto, Canada as… more