Emily Daoud Nasrallah (Arabic: إميلي داود نصر الله; née Abi Rached [أبي راشد]; 6 July 1931 – 13 March 2018) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.

She witnessed the village's gradual depopulation and family members emigrating in search better opportunities due to limited educational and professional prospects.

[6][3] Her maternal uncle, Ayub Abou Nasr, a fellow of the New York Pen League took a special interest in her education when he returned from emigration due to a neurological illness.

[6][7] After finishing her studies at the elementary public school of the village which only offered education till the third elementary grade at that time,[5] Nasrallah wrote a letter to her second maternal uncle, an expatriate businessman in West Virginia, expressing her interest in pursuing higher education and explaining her family's dire financial circumstances that prevented her from paying private schooling fees.

[6] Nasrallah credited Nassim Nasr, her Arabic language teacher, for helping to develop her writing skills and orienting her through his "red correction pen harsh criticism".

[8] She fell short of paying her college education tuition and was financially aided by her friend and colleague at the Ahlia school, Jalila Srour.

[6][12] Between 1973 and 1975, she worked as cultural and public relation consultant at the Beirut University College before joining Fayruz magazine from 1981 till 1987 as a feature editor.

[14] On 28 August 2017, as part of Language is Key endorsed by the Goethe-Institut, Nasrallah was accorded the Goethe Medal, an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany honoring non-Germans for meritorious contributions in the spirit of the institute.