Lebanese poet, writer, painter, and visual artist. She was an editor at Al-Safaa Newspaper and a professor of the philosophy of art at Dominican University in the United States. Fluent in: French, English, Greek and Turkish. Her poetic works published in English include: “The Arab Day of Resurrection” in 1998, “The Indian Did Not Own a Horse” in 1985, “From A to Z” in 1982, “Five Meanings of One Death” in 1971, and “The Rise of Beirut.” In 1966. Among her poetic works published in French: “October 27” in 2003, “This Lost Sky” in 1997, “The Novel of Women” in 1978, “Beirut” in 1973, and in Arabic “The Lady Mary Rose” in 1979. She received the title of Knight of Arts and Letters in 2014 from France. She holds a BA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University in France.