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35 Days. Member English Speaking Union, Beirut.

Member Middle East Association (London), British Lebanese Association (London). Partner C.A.T.

Connections

Married Fouad el Khazen, 1958 (divorced 1970). Daughter of Emile Bustani, she was the first woman to serve in the Lebanese parliament (1963-1964) after she took charge of representing her father's parliament seat upon his death in 1963.[1] Bustani is a big contributor towards cultural events in Lebanon and a patron of the arts.

Emille would years later buy the same building in auction, that would later be transformed into the Al Bustan hotel. Laura was an accomplished choir singer and pianist, and instilled in Myrna a passion for classical compositions. In order for redevelopment to happen, they needed to demolish the old hotel.

Personal information

Former MP and President, Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts

Contact information (Work)

Education

Education: 

  • Bachelor degree, Psychology, 1958, Faculty of Arts (Lyon University), Lebanon.
  • Training, 1954, Three Wise Monkeys Club finishing school, London.
  • French and Lebanese Baccalaureate, 1954, French Protestant School, Lebanon.

Work history

Previous Professions: 

  • President, 1994 - present, Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts.
  • Member of Parliament, 1963 - 1964, Lebanese government.

Major Achievements

Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.): 

  • Bustani, M.

    (2005). Member board C.A.T. Construction for the new hotel started in 1962.

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    President Al Bustan International Festival Music and the Arts, since 1994. Laura frequenty took her two children to concerts in Beirut during their youth.[3][4]

    Education

    Myrna Bustani attended Collège Protestant Français and in addition for 10 years received formal piano lessons from in Beirut.

    Al Bustan Hotel

    Prior to his death, Emile Bustani had purchased the former hotel where he and his wife used to go dancing before they married in the 1930s. Trustee American University Beirut, 1980; president Al Bustan International Festival Music and the Arts, since 1994; member English Speaking Union, Beirut; Member Middle East Association (London), British Lebanese Association (London).

    He had been a member of the Lebanese parliament since 1951.[7] Upon his death, Myrna was elected to succeed him and thus became the first woman to serve in the Lebanese parliament.[8]

    Business

    After her father's death, Bustani not only inherited his parliament seat but also his business positions at various companies and other responsibilities, including project plans.

    Background

    Bustani, Myrna was born on December 20, 1937 in Beirut, Lebanon. Holding, Luxemburg.

    Director Société Hotelière de Tourisme, Beirut, Banque de L'Industrie et du Travail, Beirut.

    Achievements

    • Myrna Bustani has been listed as a noteworthy business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

    Membership

    Trustee American University Beirut, 1980.

    Daughter of Emile and Laura Bustani. Bustani has been a member of the AUB Board of Trustees since 1979.[1]

    Patron of the arts

    In 2007, according to an interview she did for Bespoke Magazine (online publication), she described her greatest calling as the struggle to revitalize and educate her sceptical countrymen about symphonies and sonatas, despite rampant economic instability, political assassinations and general unrest.[4]

    In 1993, she set up the Al Bustan Festival, which has since welcomed hundreds of local and international musicians and performers.[12]

    Awards

    References

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Construction executive

Myrna Bustani, Lebanese construction executive.

Children: Jamil, Laura.

Father:
Emile Bustani
Mother:
Laura Bustani
Spouse:
Fouad el Khazen
child:
Jamil Bustani
child:
Laura Bustani

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Emile died before its completion.

However, his wife and daughter continued the development of the project.[9][10]

By 1967, the hotel was officially completed and ready for its grand opening. Emile headed the leading engineering and contracting firm in the Arab world and was a prominent Lebanese statesman. The Al Bustan would become an important Lebanese landmark.[11]

Philanthropy

In 1985, she established the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar at her father's American alma mater, MIT, to honour his memory and pursue his devotion to higher education and peace in the region.