Sana Solh

Sana Solh (19 September 1939 – 24 September 2019) was a Lebanese human rights activist who advocated for the respect and equal rights of women, children and persons with disabilities through social and political change. She was one of the main female leaders of the civil rights movements in Lebanon, actively working, lobbying and leading demonstrations to fight for the right of women to grant their nationality to their children, ask for laws to guarantee quotas for women's participation in politics, or raise funds for the many institutions and associations where she was an active member. Life and work Solh hails from a prominent family which gave Lebanon four prime ministers, Riad Solh, Sami Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh. She is the daughter of Wahid Solh, who was assassinated for political reasons during the 1958 civil war in Lebanon. Her mother is Mounira Solh who was the first woman in Lebanon and probably in the Arab world to run for a seat in the Parliament of Lebanon and one of the main female leaders of the demonstrations that led to her country's independence in 1943. Early on, Solh was an active member of Al Amal Institute for the Disable, Broumana Lebanon. Al Amal was founded in 1959 by her mother Mounira Solh and was the first center of its kind in the Middle East. Solh helped managing and raising funds for the institute for many decades. She also took the leadership of the Association of Parents of Children with Disabilities, Lebanon, which was also established by her mother in 1984.