User:Sanaantonio/sandbox/Rima Karkafi Frangieh

Rima Karkafi Frangieh new article content ... Rima Karkafi Frangieh was born in Zahle – Lebanon on October 6th to a Lebanese father (Beshara Karkafi) and an Iraqi mother (Maria Soro). The Civil War in Lebanon created some changes in her life as Rima had to attend several schools in the country before her family moved to Australia looking for security and stability. She did her high school in Australia and studied Economics in Sydney University where she participated in several extracurricular activities as she forged herself in social activities being part of clubs’ service in school and university participating in sport and ecological activities and social services. Once she returned to Lebanon, Rima worked as TV presenter in LBC International for 7 years whereas she interviewed top international stars in music and cinema. Her meeting, through common friends, with Sleiman Frangieh changed her life. A love story that led to a marriage in 2003 was born between Rima and the leader of Elmarada movement, the member of the Lebanese parliament and the minister of several portfolios. In 2007, their daughter Vera was born. Her passion and experience in social work encourage her to found a Non-Governmental organization (NGO), Almidan NGO in 2004. The main objective was to help the Lebanese society by engaging its citizens to play an active and positive role in their local communities. Al Midan deals with humanitarian, social, cultural, educational and environmental projects. In addition to that, Rima Frangieh is well known for her dynamicity as she is the President of Ehdeniyat International festival since 2007, founder of North Autism Center (NAC) since 2010, President of Cinemaiyat festival since 2004 and head of Christmas by the Lake event. Rima believes that any sustainable development needs to empower children, youth and women, spread awareness on environmental topics, work on social activities and deal with humanitarian problems. Arabic and Assyrians are her native languages and she is fluent in French and English. Rima enjoys outdoor activities, sports and playing the guitar. Watching movies and going to theaters is one of her passion in parallel to reading about history and arts.