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Emily Nasrallah
Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (born 1931)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2018 · March 13
Their story
Who they were
Biography Early life Emily Daoud Abi Rached was born in the village of Kaukaba in South Lebanon, [ 1 ] to Loutfa, née Abou Nasr, and Daoud Abi Rached. She was raised in al-Kfeir on western foot of Mount Hermon in southern Lebanon . The eldest of six children, she tended the village fields with her parents; an experience that influenced her later work.
Personal life Emily married Philip Nasrallah, a chemist from Zahleh in 1957 while still in college. The couple had four children: Ramzi, Maha, Khalil, and Mona. [ 1 ] She never left Beirut, even at the peak of the Lebanese civil war . She became one of the Beirut Decentrists . [ 2 ] [ nb 1 ] ^ Zeidan 1995 , p. 363. ^ Cooke 1988 , p. 208. Cite error: There are <ref group=nb> tags on this page,
Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (born 1931)
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