| D I S T I N G U I S H E D   D R U Z E Dr. Nour Salman
 
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              | Profiled in Al Fajr - The Dawn Druze
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        Dr. Nour Salman is among the current prominent women leaders in 
Lebanon, she takes after her remarkable mother, the late Zahia Maksad 
Salman whose International and National Leadership path on part of the 
national curricula in Lebanon, and whose name is carried by a large new 
high school in Beirut.  Dr. Salman is a graduate of the American University 
of Beirut.  
Dr. Nour Salman is an educator, writer, researcher, poet and a social 
activist for women and children's rights, for educational reform and 
national citizenry ( Al MOUWATINIYA ).  She is a popular & passionate 
speaker at many events.
Dr. Salman has published 16 books on Sufism, Algerian revolution, the 
Andalouss, symbolism in modern Arab literature, along with a series of 
short stories and Sufi inspired poetry.  Her writings have been translated 
to French, English, Chinese and Russian.  She is  co-author of The 50th 
Anniversary of Ameen Rihani’s Heart of Lebanon.
She has received many International, Arab and National Awards, including 
the International Gibran Khalil Gibran Award in 2007.  Recently she has 
been honored by the Women's Council of Lebanon.  The Lebanese 
Government also honored her with the Cedar Medal of a Grand Officer.  
        
        Dr. Salman Chairs the Lebanese Child Welfare Association (LCWA), is a Board Member of the Writers Association, on the 
National Committee for the Follow up of Women’s Issues, also the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Ambassador for Peace in 
addition to finding time to be on number of cultural and social associations.  She is also an advisor to the Chairman of the 
National Council of Women and the only Lebanese woman to be appointed by the President to the Board of the Social Security.
        
                        Dr. Nour Salman (Center in Black) with the medal winning children of the “Haut Conservatoire National de Musique” at a 
2006 Musical Contest sponsored by the First Lady of Lebanon at the Presidential Palace in cooperation with the National 
Council of the Lebanese Child.