The “Lebanon Prize for the most distinguished women” announced that 15 women have made to the final selection for the competition was launched last year with the support of the Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Lebanon as well as New TV. The nominees include (by alphabetical order): Dr Oumayya Msharafiyeh , family medicine, Dr Balkis Ghalayini, cardio-vascular specialist, Dr Dima Tayyan, dentist, Roula Mousa, general manager in a company Rima Saadeh El Terk, excecutive director in an NGO, Souad Abou Chahine, owner and director of two companies, Fatima Haidar, owner and director of a private academic center, Fatmeh Sehnarani, Laure Sleiman, director in the national news agency, Leila Obeid, owner and director of a private company, Engineer Mona Abd El Latif, director of buildings in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Dr Nadia Chouaib, Excecutive director in a company, Engineer Najwa Chlala El Khoury owner and executive director of a hotel, Dr Nada Alaa El Din, university professor and laboratory supervisor, Nihal Abdel El Ghani Koleilat, executive officer of a theater company.