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" This country needs hundreds of soul-doctors... They must have a universal consciousness and be able to help people look in a different direction, " 
Kahlil Gibran 

About Min Ajl Lubnan Task Force
 
Established in 2006, the M.A.L. Task Force is composed of a diverse group of people whose sole aim is to elevate the image of Lebanon, and to emphasize the importance of Lebanon as a unique example of inter-cultural heritage and understanding.  Throughout many civilizations that flourished in the region, Lebanon played an integral role to bridge the richness of the East with the advancement of the West.  Today, this task lies at the hands of Lebanon's people, and so Min Ajl Lubnan works to encourage and to fulfill this role as articulated by the country's most notable
scholars.  

Task Force Members 
 
May Rihani - Chair
Hadi Boustani - Treasurer

             Zuheir AlFaqih                        Elza Maalouf  
             Najla Ammouri                       Poupak Moallem
             Lily Bitar                                Imad Muffarej
             Marie Boustani                       Tania Muffarej
             Dolly Bradick                          Hikmat Nasr
             Marwan Charrouf                   Julia Nasr 
             Jocelyne Farah                       Ghada Rihani
             Robert Farah                         Ramzi Rihani
             Antoine Kfuri                          Abdo Sabban 
             Claude Kfuri                           Wasfi Skaff
             Rawiya Koyomji                      Suma Soubra
             Richard Koyomji                      Ziad Soubra  
 

About Our Chairperson
 
May A. Rihani is Senior Vice President of the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and Director of the AED Global Learning Group.  She is responsible for educational reform programs in several African and Middle Eastern countries, and focuses on ensuring gender equity in AED’s educational projects and social development programs.  She has designed, planned, and managed cross-cutting gender programs and girls' education projects in Afghanistan, Benin, Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, and Yemen. 
 
Ms. Rihani has written extensively; a selection of her works includes: Keeping the Promise: Five Benefits of Girls’ Secondary Education (2006).  Learning for the 21st Century: Strategies for Girls' Education in the Middle East and North Africa (1993); and Strategies to Promote Girls' Education: Policies and Programs That Work (1992).
 
May is also a prolific poet in Arabic and English.