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Hind Hariri

Hind Hariri

Lebanese billionaire

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Rafic and the family name is al-Hariri.

Hind Rafic al-Hariri (Arabic: هند الحريري; born in 1984) is the youngest child of Lebanese businessman and politician Rafic Hariri. She graduated from the Lebanese American University in Beirut[1] and campaigned for her half-brother Saad in Lebanese elections. In 2008, Forbes magazine listed her as "one of the world's youngest billionaires".[1]

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In 2009, she married Mohammad Anas Al Karout. They had their first son, Mohammad in 2010, and in December 2011 they had their second son, Rafik.[citation needed]

Controversy around the Lycée Abdel Kader high school.

In November 2018, Hind Hariri was reported to be behind the controversial decision to relocate the historic Lycée Abdel Kader School.[2] Hind Hariri allegedly put on sale the high school with the goal to construct a mall in its location. L'Orient Le Jour, a Lebanese Francophone newspaper reported[2] that students, their parents and professors rejected the move in a protest in front of the school's main entrance.

References

  1. [1]
    Hessel, Evan (5 March 2008). "The World's Billionaires: Under 40". Forbes. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. [2]
    El-HAGE, Anne-Marie (8 November 2018). "Le Lycée Abdel Kader pourrait être détruit et relocalisé à Baabda - Anne-Marie El-HAGE". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2018.


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