She was born in Lebanon but is now with the Rosary Sisters in Beit Hanina to the north of Jerusalem: "النباتات بهاء الأرض، والدين معنى الحياة"، هكذا تربط أنجيلا بين النباتات والرهبنة. Angela Nahran, or Najla as she was known before taking orders, resisted her family's rejection of the idea of her becoming a nun.