Besides being among the top 100 most influential businesswomen in the region, successful Lebanese women are also deemed among the most powerful!
Forbes Middle East shared a list called “World’s 10 Most Powerful Arab Women”. Among them are five world-renowned Lebanese figures.
#1 Nemat (Minouche) Shafik
Title: Deputy Governor Bank of England.
Citizenship: U.K.
Country of origin: Egypt
#2 Amal Clooney
Title: Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers
Citizenship: U.K.
Country of origin: Lebanon
#3 Nayla Hayek
Title: Chair, Swatch; CEO, Harry Winston
Citizenship: Switzerland
Country of origin: Lebanon
#4 Myriam El Khomri
Title: Minister of Labor
Citizenship: France
Country of origin: Morocco
#5 Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Title: Minister of National Education
Citizenship: France
Country of origin: Morocco
#6 Rula Ghani
Title: Afghanistan’s First lady
Citizenship: Afghanistan
Country of origin: Lebanon
#7 Reem Acra
Title: Fashion Designer
Citizenship: U.S.
Country of origin: Lebanon
#8 Ayah Bdeir
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Ayah Bdeir is a Lebanese-Canadian inventor, interactive artist, and entrepreneur. Raised in Beirut, her parents incited a love for math, science, and design while encouraging her and her sisters to pursue their passions in life. Ayah received her Masters degree from MIT’s Media Lab and was awarded a fellowship from tech non-profit Eyebeam in NYC. In 2011, she founded littleBits Electronics, whose mission is to democratize tech by creating an open source library of modular electronics that provide the building blocks that can transform education through invention and play. By 2016, littleBits joined the Disney Accelerator program and partnered with Pearson to build science and engineering curriculums at companies that are available in 70 countries and used in more than 2000 schools worldwide. Named Popular Mechanics’ 25 Makers Who Are Reinventing the America Dream and Inc Magazine Top 100 Female Founders, Ayah has spoken at TED, SXSW, Solid, and CreativeMornings about the Maker movement and the importance of making tech accessible to all. Bravo!
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Title: Founder, CEO, littleBits
Citizenship: Canada
Country of origin: Lebanon
#9 Hala Gorani
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Anchor and journalist Hala Gorani [@HGorani] was born in Seattle, Washington to Syrian parents; her coverage of the Arab Spring for @CNN won her a News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2012. Hashtags: #news, #HalaGorani, #HalaGoraniTonight #HGT, #AboutHer, #ArabAmerican, #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth, #motivationalquote, #motivationalquotes, #inspirationalquote, #inspirationalquotes, #quote, #quotes, #quoteoftheday, #instaquote, #qotd, #TheQOTD, #instaquotes, #instaquotesdaily, #dailyquote, #dailyquotes, #QOTDCT
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Title: Journalist, CNN
Citizenship: U.S.
Country of origin: Syria
#10 Khadija Arib
Title: Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives
Citizenship: Netherlands
Country of origin: Morocco
