Lebanese barrister, Nayla Obaid, first Arab woman to head the Legal Arbitration Institute

Lebanese barrister, Nayla Komair Obaid, was elected to preside the Legal Arbitration Institute which includes more than 13000 members in some 127 countries.  The Institute was founded in England in 1915 and now enjoys 37 branches with headquarters in London.  The Institute is the first international scientific outfit in the areas of arbitration and conflict resolution. Obaid competed with 6 other contestants all specialised in international arbitration.  She is now the first Arab woman in that position and will be sworn in by 2017.
 (Source: L’Orient le Jour 31 December, 2014)