Early Life and Education
Bahia Hariri was born in Sidon, located in the Southern governorate in Lebanon, in 1952. In 1970, she graduated from a teacher’s academy, and worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and the south Lebanon until 1979. She headed the Hariri Foundation in Sidon, founded by her brother Rafik Hariri in 1979. The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution.
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