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  Nayla Moawad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nayla Moawad (born 3 July 1940) is a Lebanese (A native or inhabitant of Lebanon) politician.
Nayla Issa El-Khouri was born in Beshari, Lebanon, as the daughter of Nagib Issa El-Khouri and Evelyne Roch.
Moawad has sought to perpuate her slain husband's legacy by founding the René Moawad Foundation (in 1990), which works for social justice and economic development in Lebanon and the Arab world.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/Nayla_Moawad.htm   (405 words)

  
 René Moawad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moawad was educated at De La Salle School in Tripoli, before pursuing his secondary education at the St Joseph High School at Aintoura.
Moawad's widow founded the René Moawad Foundation, to further the goals of dialogue, peace, and social justice, to which he had dedicated his life.
Nayla Moawad was elected to the National Assembly in 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rene_Moawad   (881 words)

  
 Correspondents Report - Assassination of Lebanon's PM prompts inquiry into other political killings
MARK WILLACY: Nayla Moawad is a member of the Lebanese Parliament, and the wife of an assassinated president.
Nayla Moawad accuses the Syrians of being behind the bombings of both her husband and Mr Hariri.
Nayla Moawad is also looking to the UN to help Lebanon, not just with the Hariri investigation but also to send monitors to oversee the election scheduled for next month.
www.abc.net.au /correspondents/content/2004/s1352124.htm   (612 words)

  
 Nayla Moawad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nayla Moawad (born 3 July 1940) is a Lebanese politician.
Nayla Issa El-Khouri was born in Bsharri, Lebanon, as the daughter of Nagib Issa El-Khouri and Evelyne Roch.
In 1965, she surprised many people by marrying René Moawad, the scion of a rival clan who was fifteen years her senior.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nayla_Moawad   (510 words)

  
 Journals from the crossroads of the middle east
In 1991, Nayla Moawad, wife of slain president Renee Moawad, became the second woman in Parliament when she was nominated the position.
Although Moawad did not campaign for her first term, she and two other women, Bahia Hariri and Maha Houry al-Asaad, won seats in the 1992 election, the first after the war.
Moawad said she would be afraid not to run, because her presence ensures at least one woman in Parliament.
www.scripps.ohiou.edu /news/beirut/emily.html   (4866 words)

  
 WorldSecurityNetwork.com
Nayla Moawad, since 14 years member of the Parliament and President of the Committee for Woman's Rights, from the Lebanese Christian opposition.
Nayla Moawad was appointed a Member of Parliament in 1991, was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1996 and 2000.
Nayla Moawad: In post-war Lebanon, I was the first woman to enter into politics, but I did so under tragic circumstances.
www.worldsecuritynetwork.com /showArticle3.cfm?article_id=11200   (734 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rene Mouawad
Nayla Moawad, born Nayla Najib Issa El-Khoury, whom Moawad married in the 1960s, is a relative of Moawad old political opponent Bechara El Khoury.
They had two children: Rima (a lawyer and a graduate of Harvard University in the United States), and Michel (a lawyer and businessman who graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris).
Moawad's widow was elected to the National Assembly in 2000.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rene_Moawad   (770 words)

  
 Middle East Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Christian opposition MP Nayla Moawad, who made the comment, is one of a few women running for a seat in Lebanon's male-dominated parliament.
She was propelled onto the tribal political scene by the 1989 murder of her husband, president Rene Moawad.
The "widow" label does not bother Moawad, a strong-willed woman who dared last year to run for president, a post that became unattainable for her when the term of incumbent head of state, Emile Lahoud, was extended by three years under Syrian pressure.
metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050523-071732-1579r   (628 words)

  
 Arab-American Activism
The friends of the René Moawad Foundation (RMF) held their eighth annual benefit gala dinner April 20 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC to raise funds for the children of Lebanon.
RMF president and founder Nayla Moawad, widow of Lebanon’s President René Moawad, and member of the Lebanese parliament, told the audience that because there is no free education in Lebanon the poor cannot send their children to school.
Moawad described Dr. Maksoud as a critical thinker who has never been timid about sharing her social and political views.
www.wrmea.com /archives/july01/0107085.html   (2388 words)

  
 Cooperatives in Lebanon: Opportunities and Constrains
The United Nations Development Programme and the Rene Moawad Foundation, in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, are organizing a press conference to launch the booklet on Cooperatives in Lebanon: Opportunities and Constrains on:
Nayla Moawad, President of Rene Moawad Foundation will launch this study.
The booklet includes an overview of the workshop series organized by UNDP and Rene Moawad Foundation during the last quarter of 2002 and includes the presentations, discussions and recommendations from the workshops.
www.undp.org.lb /communication/pressreleases/2003/pr8april2003.html   (161 words)

  
 World Peace Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Moawad: In post-war Lebanon, I was the first woman to enter into politics, but I did so under tragic circumstances.
My husband, Rene Moawad, was assassinated just days after he was elected president of Lebanon and I felt that it was my duty to continue what my husband started.
(Nayla Moawad is a member of the Lebanese parliament.
www.wpherald.com /storyview.php?StoryID=20050414-030109-2021r   (2212 words)

  
 Life of a Woman
Nayla Moawad is a second term deputy in the Lebanese Parliament.
H.E. is also the founder of the Rene Moawad Foundation and its President in Lebanon as well as its Honorary President in the US.
Among the educational, community and charitable projects of the Rene Moawad Foundation is the Mujeres* Project that promotes the political role of women.
www.lebwa.org /life/moawad.php   (130 words)

  
 Fondation René Moawad
The René Moawad Foundation was created on November 22, 1990, one year after the assassination of President René Moawad who was elected President of the Lebanese Republic on November 5, 1989 and killed 17 days later.
Since its creation by his spouse, the MP Nayla Moawad, and other prominent Lebanese public figures, the RMF has implemented, over the years, a multitude of development projects to support the disadvantaged in society.
The René Moawad Foundation's activities are a tribute to the late President.
www.rmf.org.lb /en/foundation/hist.htm   (185 words)

  
 Fondation René Moawad
The inauguration took place in presence of the President of the RMF, the Deputee Nayla Moawad, the Spanish Ambassador in Lebanon, H.E. Miguel Angel Carriedo and his wife, Mrs Pilar Lara, President of Fundacion Promocion Social de la Cultura (FPSC), and representants of local institutions and NGO’s, and some officials.
Mrs Nayla Moawad, then, made a welcoming speech and explained the importance of the activities of the RMF that try to help the farmers having a better productivity and standard of living durable.
Mrs Moawad insisted on the support that should be given to the agroalimentary industry.
www.rmf.org.lb /en/news/news03may23.htm   (437 words)

  
 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Rene Moawad Foundation holds banquet. (Arab-American Activism).(Brief ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Friends of the Reen Moawad Foundation held their ninth annual benefit dinner May 17 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Tysons Corner, VA, in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
The Foundation was founded in Lebanon in 1990 to further the work of the former president of Lebanon, the late Rene Moawad, to the principles of dialogue, peace and social justice.
His wife, Nayla Moawad, a member of the Lebanese parliament, heads the Foundation in Lebanon and serves as its honorary president in the United States, where it was established in 1993.
highbeam.com /doc/1G1:89859454/Rene+Moawad+Foundation+...+Article).html   (234 words)

  
 Human Rights
From the lineup of notable participants at the Women in Lebanon conference held Nov. 7, in Washington, DC, it is evident that women are becoming major players in post-war Lebanon.
Co-sponsors of the conference were the Rene Moawad Foundation, an organization established to help the Lebanese people help themselves, the Center for the Global South at American University in Washington, DC, and the Social and Economic Development Group (MNSED) at the World Bank.
Nayla Moawad, first lady of Lebanon for 17 days until the assassination of her husband, Rene Moawad, and now a member of parliament and the president of the Rene Moawad Foundation, welcomed participants.
www.wrmea.com /backissues/0198/9801083b.htm   (2035 words)

  
 Zgharta Zawie Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Rene Moawad Foundation was founded in Lebanon in 1990 to further the life-long dedication of the former President of Lebanon, the late Rene Moawad, to the principles of dialogue, peace and social justice.
As Lebanon copes with the enormous task of rebuilding a nation devastated by sixteen years of civil strife, the Lebanese people are struggling to survive great amidst economic hardships and inadequate public services.
The Rene Moawad Foundation is a non-profit, humanitarian and developmental organization devoted to the improvement of the quality of life of the Lebanese individual and to the building of a cohesive and democratic society in Lebanon.
www.caza-zgharta.com /Whoswho/RMF.htm   (321 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Rene Moawad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News March 20 2002
It called in a statement for the Arab summit which Beirut is to host next week "to denounce the (Syrian) occupation" of Lebanon in the same terms as Israel's occupation of Palestine.
MP Nayla Moawad, meanwhile, told AFP that the convictions were "political and aimed at justifying last August's raids" as well as discrediting the Christian opposition.
The Qornet Shahwan group, named after a village in the Metn mountains of east Lebanon where it meets, will convene Thursday to plan a protest movement, said Moawad, widow of president Rene Moawad who was assassinated in 1989.
www.lebanon.com /news/local/2002/3/20.htm   (726 words)

  
 Rene Moawad Foundation USA
A Lebanese-American cultural evening to benefit the Children of Lebanon, this event brought together around 475 Lebanese-Americans, and many other Arab and American friends of Lebanon.
Dignaitaries present included H.E. Nayla Moawad, the Foundation's Founder, H.E and Mrs.
Thanks to Nadia Abourizk Asaad, the Executive Director of the Foundation and to all the organizing committee members and our many Guests for making this function a great success….
www.libanmall.com /rmf1.htm   (183 words)

  
 Rene Moawad Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ LocalColorArtists.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 biology - René Moawad
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In 1952, Moawad was briefly arrested and detained in Aley for participating in the national uprising that forced the resignation of President Béchara El-Khoury, Lebanon's first post-independence leader.
Nayla Moawad, born Nayla Najib Issa El-Khoury, whom Moawad married in the 1960s, is a relative of Moawad old political opponent Béchara El-Khoury.
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 H.E. NAYLA MOAWAD- JUNE 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Posted by Camille Bechara on May 16, 1997 at 18:33:45:
On behalf of the Board I am pleased and honored to announce that HER EXCELLENCY NAYLA MOAWAD, Member of the Lebanese Parliament and former First Lady will be our Keynote Speaker during lunch on Saturday June 7.
: On behalf of the Board I am pleased and honored to announce that HER EXCELLENCY NAYLA MOAWAD, Member of the Lebanese Parliament and former First Lady will be our Keynote Speaker during lunch on Saturday June 7.
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