May El-Khalil

She spent two years undergoing dozens of surgeries that enabled her to walk again and inspired her to found the Beirut marathon.

In the aftermath of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's assassination in February 2005, the Beirut Marathon Association organized the “United We Run” race that attracted 60,000 runners.

[3] In 2014 she was honoring by YWCA Lebanon on March 8 ( international Women's day ), El Khalil spoke at the TED global conference in Edinburgh Scotland in 2013.

The Lebanese Franchise Association has chosen El Khalil to be one of the four recipients of the “ Appreciation Award”.

Faysal M. El-Khalil is presently the Chairman of the Seven-Up Bottling Company based in Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya.