Mona Haddad Yakan: A mother who founded the Jinan University in Tripoli || Newspapers (Arabic)

Safir newspaper published a report on Mona Haddad Yakan who seems to have left her mark in Tripoli through her numerous humanitarian, religious and educational interventions both in Tripoli and throughout Lebanon.  Yakan passed away on April 12th 2013 after a life filled with achievements.
Dr. Yakan founded numerous educational institutions starting with a kindergarten which was subsequently followed by an elementary school, a middle school and a secondary school.  Yakan soon moved to founding the Al Jinan University for which it created a number of branches in all parts of Lebanon.  Yakan also was a very active member socially of the Women Islamic League as she founded a number of social and charitable institutions notably, the Orphanage for the disabled, Dar Al-Jinan for teaching the Koran, along with a center to teach Arabic language, the Center for Human Rights, in addition to the Dar Al Muna for printing and publishing, and the Jinan Technical Institute, as well as the Association of Reviving the Intellectual Heritage of Tripoli, all the way to her election as the President of the World Council of Muslim Women Scientists in 2010.
Source: Al-Safir 13 April 2013