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Mounira Solh was born on 19 September, 1911 in Lebanon, is an A 20th-century women politician. Discover Mounira Solh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 99 years old?

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Occupation Founder, Al Amal Institute for the Disabled
Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 19 September 1911
Birthday 19 September
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Date of death 27 November, 2010
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Nationality Lebanon

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1911

Mounira Solh (19 September 1911 – 27 November 2010) was a pioneer advocate for the rights of women and people with disabilities in Lebanon.

She was one of the first women in Lebanon and the Middle East to run for parliament.

1929

Mounira Solh completed her schooling at the American School in the city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in 1929.

1933

One of the earliest women to attend university in Lebanon and the Arab world, Mounira Solh graduated in 1933 from the American Junior College for Women (the Lebanese American University today).

Soon after, she travelled to Baghdad, Iraq, where she worked as a teacher for two years, contributing to the national school curriculum revamp.

She later went on to attend the American Junior College for Women (the Lebanese American University today) from where she graduated in 1933.

1935

On her return to Lebanon in 1935, she married her first cousin, Wahid Solh despite her father's disapproval.

She eloped with her new husband to Palestine for a few months before returning home after receiving word that her father had accepted her marriage.

Along with other pioneering women, Mounira Solh worked relentlessly for the advancement of laws pertaining to women and people with disabilities.

1942

Mounira Solh had five children: Samir (had severe disabilities, deceased at a young age), Najla (died from illness at a young age), Salim (had mental disabilities, 1942–2002), Sana and Nassib.

She had nine grandchildren: Assaad, Nadim and Nayla Razzouk, Nael and Hala Raad, and Wahid, Mounira, Omar and Maria Solh.

1943

Mounira Solh was one of the most prominent female leaders of the demonstrations that led to Lebanon's independence in 1943.

1950

In 1950, she received a Nursing Certificate from the Lebanese Red Cross.

1951

In 1951, she became a member of the Lebanese Council of Women.

1956

She was also active in humanitarian and charity work, and led the national team of relief volunteers to help victims of the Beirut Great Fire in 1956.

1958

A year after her husband's assassination during the 1958 civil war, Mounira Solh established the Al Amal Institute for the Disabled.

She was inspired by her desire to help her son Salim and other children with disability.

1959

Mounira Solh founded Al Amal Institute for the Disabled in 1959, the first center of its kind in Lebanon and the Arab world.

1960

She ran for a seat in the Parliament of Lebanon in 1960, 1964 and 1968.

She was also a humanitarian with decades of volunteer and charity work.

An advocate of women's rights, she was the first Muslim woman to run for parliamentary elections in Lebanon and probably the Arab world when she ran for a Beirut seat in 1960.

1964

She was a candidate to the legislative elections in Lebanon twice after that, in 1964 and 1968.

She never won an election.

1968

In 1968, she became a member of Rehabilitation International, the world's leading organization for disability rights.

1970

That same year, she was elected vice-president of the Lebanese Council of Women and in 1970 she became a life member of the International Council of Women.

She earned a special distinction from U.S. President Richard Nixon after attending three annual conferences between 1970 and 1972 of the U.S. President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Washington D.C. In her struggle to advance the rights of women and people with disability, Mounira Solh has officially represented Lebanon at various international conferences around the world including in Lisbon, Tokyo, Sydney and Mexico.

1975

In 1975, she was awarded a Diploma for a Study Workshop on Disablement and Rehabilitation from the Selly Oak Colleges in Birmingham, U.K.

She also received the following awards:

1984

She also founded in 1984 the Association of the Parents of Mentally Disabled Children in Lebanon, the first of its kind in Lebanon.

2009

Mounira Solh celebrated in 2009 the 50th anniversary of Al Amal Institute for the Disabled in a Golden Jubilee Ceremony during which a special film on her lifetime achievements and pioneering humanitarian work was screened.

2010

Mounira Solh died on 27 November 2010.

She was 99 years old.

Her daughter Sana and son Nassib continue to run Al Amal Institute for the Disabled in Broumana, Lebanon.

Mounira Solh hails from a prominent family which gave Lebanon four prime ministers, Riad Solh, Sami Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh.

The Solh family is originally from the ancient port city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

Her father, Abdel Rahim Solh, is a Sunni Muslim, and her mother, Mahiba Ashkar, a Maronite Catholic Christian from Broumana, a resort town in the Metn mountains east of Beirut.