Nazek Saba Yared (1928, Jerusalem, now based in Beirut, Lebanon) is an academic, literary critic, essayist, novelist and human rights activist. She is concerned with human relations, seeking to stimulate a better understanding of other people and other societies. Her literary and academic work reflect this concern. Culture and art are essential in the rebuilding of a country emerging from a terrible civil war (1975-1992). It is in this light that one should see Nazek Saba Yared’s commitment to the Baalbeck Festival in Lebanon, which reopened in 1997. She works wholeheartedly and with unflagging energy in order to help her country regain its place on the international cultural map. Through communication between people and cultures, Nazek Saba Yared has streched out her arms and created new perspectives for Lebanese culture, a new vision for the future of its people.
