Dr. Hadia Rifai

Dr. Hadia Rifai is one of the ladies who have served, and still serve, Tripoli in the social field. She takes part in several charitable associations and presides over the Women's Democratic League association in the North.

She was a physician for the municipality of Tripoli, where she rendered signal services in the medical field and exerted her utmost efforts in helping the poor and the needy. The Ministry of Health and Public Relief therefore decorated her with the Silver Lebanese Order of Merit with palms.

The good doctor invited us to visit her new hospital, which she has established in the loveliest of Tripoli's quiet spots, amid its verdant orchards; and we found it grand in construction, beautifully arranged, and spotlessly clean. It is worth mentioning that it is the first