Emily Fares Ibrahim

Apart from being a feminist, a poet, and a literary writer who wrote extensively about women's activism in Lebanon, she was the first woman to run for elections. She ran for the Maronite seat in Zahleh Lebanon, and although she was not elected, more women have followed suit since then. She also headed several national committees such as the National Mobilization Committee, that was established after the Israeli occupation in 1982. Finally, in 1992, she was given the National Order of the Cedar, one of the highest orders to be awarded in the Lebanese Republic.

Unfortunately, after declaring the civil war in 1975, her 22 years as a Lebanese women's council came to an end. She then retired at 78 years old and was granted the High National Cedar Award for High Accomplishments.

Her name has been associated for a long time with a progressive and liberal political trend in Lebanon. and that cost her dearly - as in the march of every honorable militant - especially when she fought the parliamentary elections in 1953. During one of Zahle's election parties for example, in which she was supposed to address, some of the attendees attacked her by throwing ink at her, which sparked a massive wave of condemnation in the attendees against this heinous practice, and when she was asked to wash her face before going up to the stage, she insisted on facing the masses as it is, and began her speech, saying:

Ibrahim contributed to support and help other women. She fought for women's rights and to free them from slavery. Some of her many contributions are reviewing the first conference to shed light on women's issues in 1922 conducted by princess Najla Abi Lamaa the proprietor of ‘Al Fajer” magazine. She would also assess Lebanese allies of women's liberation movement such as Gibran Khalil Gibran and Amin Rihani. Throughout her career, Ibrahim attended literary talks sorted by “Al-Nadwa Al Lubnaniyah” and she was part of the Lebanese communist party that created a revolution against worship and subjection against the part leadership in Syria and Lebanon.

Emily Fares Ibrahim (born in New York in 1914) is a Lebanese writer, poet, and feminist. She was the first woman to run for the elections in Lebanon. Also, she became a notable face of the Lebanese Social Movement.