185:'s) ambition to control Lebanon. She further claimed that the differences between Bashar and Hafez Assad are that Bashar Assad is much more interested in "the investments of Lebanon's tycoons" than the land of Lebanon itself and that he attempts to eliminate foreign criticism by changing the locus of Syrian control from the "army to the agencies." On the other hand, Solh announced her support for the extension of president
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from 2004 to 2005, making her one of the early woman ministers in
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Al Solh has been regarded as one of the most powerful women in the Middle East. She was named as one of the most powerful three women in 2008. She was considered to be the 4th most powerful woman among 100 Arab women in 2011. In 2012, she was nominated by
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Leila Al Solh was married to former
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Leila Al Solh studied at the department of oriental studies of
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Leila Al Solh published two books on
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