President of the Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR)
Relatives
Dr. Hisham Basat (husband)
Awards
The National Order of the Cedar
Elham Kallab (Arabic: إلهام كلاب البساط) is a Lebanese academic and researcher[1] born in 1944. She is president of the Graduate Women International,[2] member of the National Commission for Lebanese Women[3] and the Chairperson of the Youth and Education Committee.[4][5] She is also a professor of East-West Relations[6] at the Institute of Muslim-Christian Studies[3] at Saint Joseph University.[4] She was awarded the National Order of the Cedar medal with the Rank of Knight.
In 1974, she married Dr. Hisham Bissat the day before the Lebanese Civil War. They have two children: Rana, who majors in visual arts, and Jadd, who majors in computer and communication engineering.[1]
Career
Kallab contributed to the cultural mobility Beirut was experiencing in the 1960s. Upon her return from Paris, she was appointed professor at the Institute of Fine Arts[3] at the Lebanese University[4] and taught the history of architecture, heritage engineering and arts and aesthetics from 1978 and until her retirement. She also taught at several other universities in Lebanon.
She has numerous research, studies and publications and has made active contributions to several Lebanese periodicals, including being a consultant to a non-academic journal, Al Hadatha.[10] She is also the author and education coordinator of national textbooks[1] at the Center for Educational Research and Development. These works include:
She Cooks, He Reads: The Image of Women in School Books in Lebanon[11] – 1983