Laureate winners present their projects to both President and PM

The Lebanese President Michel Aoun and the First Lady Nadia Chami Aoun received on Friday the three Lebanese winners of L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards, Drs. Nivine Khashab, Tamara Zein and Nazek Atab. On the occasion, the managing director of L’Oreal Levant Countries Chez L’Oreal, Philippe Patsalides, underlined the role of L’Oreal in sponsoring scientific researchers and supporting the implementation of their plans. He mentioned some 23 women from the Middle East, including three Lebanese, have won this support since the start of the program 19 years back. Khashab and Atab, Patsalides noted, were among five winners for 2017, stating that Atab was also laureate for the years 2015, while Zein for 2016 respectively. For his part, Aoun congratulated the three winners who “represent the bright side of the country” as he put it, hoping they be a model for their Lebanese peers in the scientific domain. Similarly, Prime Minister Saad Hariri after meeting the three laureates reiterated his full backing to women’s electoral quota, and pledged to sustain outstanding Lebanese scientific researchers, asking the laureates to present their projects in order to get the appropriate funding. (Al Diyar, April 1, 2017)

 

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