Emira Zeina Arslan ( ar, زينة طلال أرسلان) is the wife of

Emir Talal Arslan Emir Talal Arslan ( ar, الأمير طلال أرسلان) is a Lebanese politician, Political Leader of the Druze sect. He is the chief of the Arslan family, who claim to be descendants of the Lakhmids. Early life Arslan was born in Choueif ...

, son of Lebanese independence figure

Emir Majid Arslan II Emir Majid Toufic Arslan ( ar, الأمير مجيد توفيق أرسلان) (February 1908 — September 18, 1983) was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki (Arslan affi ...

and Head of the House of Arslan which includes the Lakhmid throne of

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. She takes care of social affairs and is not involved in politics.

Biography

Emira Zeina was born in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

on January 3, 1971. She then moved to

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with her family due to the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

. There, she obtained her bachelor's degree from

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before meeting Emir Talal in 1992 during his visit to

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. They got married in 1993 and bore two children: Emir Majid and Emira Kinda.

Social duties

Emira Zeina heads three social foundations: *The Motherhood Committee - Aley Qaza - *The Lebanese Women's Forum *

Emir Majid Arslan Emir Majid Toufic Arslan ( ar, الأمير مجيد توفيق أرسلان) (February 1908 — September 18, 1983) was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki (Arslan affi ...

's foundation - The South Province The Motherhood Committee has a

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and

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center in

Aley Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon. The city is located on Mount Lebanon, 15 km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nickn ...

and runs an annual charity event for the benefit of the center. She is also head of the Lebanese Women Forum (LWF) that has more than five medical centres in

Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at . Geography The Mount Le ...

, the

Metn Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (''qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is J ...

and the

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, where people can benefit from fundamental medical treatments and advice for free. The LWF also owns a textile factory that produces products such as clothes, dresses, table arrangements and towels. Emir Majid Arslan's foundation is also a social foundation that has a nursery department in

Hasbaya Hasbeya or Hasbeiya ( ar, حاصبيا) is a town in Lebanon, situated at the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking a deep amphitheatre from which a brook flows to the Hasbani. In 1911, the population was about 5000. Hasbaya is the capital of the Wa ...

, a medical center in

Choueifat Choueifat ( ar, شويفات, also transliterated Shuwayfat) is one of the biggest and most important cities in southeast of Beirut in Lebanon. The town is a Druze enclave that lies on the eastern side of Beirut's airport. The local population of ...

and a girls'

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زينة طلال أرسلان

رعية الشويفات تكرم الأميرة زينة طلال ارسلان
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arslan, Zeina Talal 1971 births Living people People from Beirut Zeina Lebanese Druze

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