Lamis Mustafa Alami, Current Minister of Education in the Palestinian Authority (class of 1964). Rose Ghurayeb, Lebanese writer and professor of Arabic literature Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (class of 1938).[21] Selim El Sayegh, former Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs (class of 1983).[22] Tamirace Fakhoury, Lebanese poet and professor at LAU (class of 1999).