Maha Bayrakdar Al-Khal (alternatively: Bayraqdar, Bairakdar,[1] Birqidar,[2] Birdkar,[3] Arabic: مها بيرقدار‎, born on 26 February 1947) is a Syrian-Lebanese poet and artist. Bayrakdar sketched and wrote poetry at an early age; she completed fine arts studies in her native Damascus before obtaining a business administration degree in Munich, Germany. In 1967, she won the Miss Syria beauty pageant.