Hear Her Speak
May Rihani is a public speaker on girls’ education, education reforms, Lebanon’s heritage, Lebanon’s literature, Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani, and poetry. She lectured at many universities such as Harvard, American University, Maryland University, Duke University, George Washington University, and Georgetown University.
She was also a speaker at many international conferences on Education, Girls’ Education, and Women’s Empowerment.
Among the international Conferences and Global Seminars, she spoke at are the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), the Salzburg Global Seminar, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Conferences, WPP Women’s Empowerment Conferences, and many Gibran and Rihani Conferences.
The Speaker
May Rihani also accepts to be a speaker about her books and, in particular, her book: Cultures Without Borders: From Beirut to Washington, D.C.
The launch of her memoir took place in Washington, D.C. A series of speaking engagements and book signings continue to take place.
In these events, May Rihani speaks about her memoir and the issues it addresses, such as girls’ education, women’s empowerment, and common grounds among diverse cultures. At some of these events, the author also signs her books.
October 2019
Opening Remarks
Gibran 5th International Conference
Institut du Monde Arabe
Paris, France
August 2019
Opening and Closing Remarks
Women’s Empowerment Conference
Dead Sea, Jordan
June 2019
Speaking Engagement
The contributions of Gibran and Rihani to the Fabric of the American Culture
Detroit, Michigan
April 2019
Opening and Closing Remarks
Innovative Strategies of Women’s Empowerment Symposium
University of Maryland
March 2019
Opening and Closing Remarks
Reshaping the Landscape of Arab Thought Symposium
The Legacies of Gibran, Rihani, and Naimy
University of Maryland
March 2019
Delivering a Leadership Workshop
Women as Partnership in Progress
Amman, Jordan
March 2019
Keynote Speaker at the FDIC
“Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non Vioelence”
Washington, D.C.
November 2018
Delivering a Leadership Workshop
Women as Partnership in Progress
Rabat, Morocco
May 2018
Delivering a Knowledge Seminar
Women as Partnership in Progress
Kuwait City, Kuwait
March 2018
Delivering a Knowledge Seminar
Women as Partnership in Progress
Amman, Jordan
January 2018
Opening Remarks
Gibran 3rd International Conference
Lebanese American University Beirut
December 2017
Delivering a Knowledge Seminar
Women as Partnership in Progress
Rabat, Morocco
November 2017
Speaker
The relevance of Gibran in the 21st Century
Lebanese Embassy
Washington DC
October 2017
Speaker
Gibran’s Newly Discovered Letters
Sotheby’s
London, England
December 2016
Opening and Closing Remarks
Women and Peace Conference
University of Maryland
September 2016
Inaugural Lecture
Gibran Chair
University of Maryland
September 2016
Residence of Abdallah & Mona Nauphal
Speaking engagement
London, England, The UK
August 2016
Speaking engagement
Arab-American Conference
Skokie, Illinois
January 2016
24th Annual Martin Luther King March and Celebration
“The Strength to Love: Where do we go from here?”
Keynote Speaker
Leesburg, Virginia
November 2015
University of Maryland
Speaking engagement
McKeldin Library
College Park, MD
September 2015
Georgetown Public Library
Speaking engagement and book signing
Washington, DC
August 2015
The Writer’s Center
Speaking engagement and book signing
Bethesda, Maryland
July 2015
Issam Fares Center for Lebanon
Speaking engagement
Lebanon
July 2015
Peace Corps, Shriver Center
Speaking engagement
Washington, D.C.
June 2015
Middle East Institute
Speaking engagement
“Increasing Women’s Participation in Today’s Middle East”
Washington, D.C.
May 2015
Woman’s National Democratic Club
Speaking engagement and Book signing,
Washington, D.C.
March 2015
ADC Women’s Empowerment Forum
Keynote Speaker and Awardee,
Annual Gala Dinner
Washington, D.C.
March 2015
American University,
Speaking engagement and book signing
School of International Service
Washington, D.C.
March 2015
Creative Associates International, Inc.
Speaking engagement and book signing
Washington, D.C.
January 2015
Druze Ladies’ Auxiliary
Speaking engagement and book signing
Washington, D.C.
January 2015
Population Institute, Annual Global Media Awards Dinner
Keynote Speaker and book signing
Washington, D.C.
December 2014
El Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
Speaking engagement and book signing
Merida, Yucatan
Mexico
December 2014
Library of Congress
Lecture and book signing
The African Middle East Division
Washington, D.C.
December 2014
The Woodrow Wilson Center
Lecture and book signing
Washington, D.C.
December 2014
Al-Hewar Center
Speaking engagement and book signing
Vienna, Virginia
November 2014
Potomac Area Newcomer’s Club
Speaking engagement, and book signing
Potomac, Maryland
November 2014
StarNut Gourmet
Book Signing
McLean, Virginia
November 2014
Ramzi Rihani residence
Reception, speaking engagement, and book signing
Potomac, Maryland
November 2014
Geri Critchley residence
Reception, speaking engagement, and book signing
Washington, DC
