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Thursday, April 14, 2005


Those Laggard Hariri Women




When Rafic el Hariri announced back in 2000 that Ms. Ghinwa jalloul is joining his Beirut electoral list, everyone speculated that we were looking at the woman who would become the first female Lebanese minister.
That didn't happen. We know that the honor went instead to -of all people- Omar Karami for chosing Wafa' Hamzah and Leila Solh As ministers.

Are we seeing a redo today?
Two weeks ago, The Economist estimated that Bahia al Hariri could become the first ever Arab prime minister. Not too fast: now that Karami has resigned, it seems Lahhoud's favorite choice for the Premiership is Leila Solh.

I guess now i know why Haririst women are called: "Women of the Future". Quite literal, i must say..