Myrna Bustani

Myrna Emile Bustani (Arabic: ميرنا إميل البستاني) (born 20 December 1937) is a Lebanese businesswoman, philanthropist, socialite and former parliamentarian.

Emile headed the leading engineering and contracting firm in the Arab world and was a prominent Lebanese statesman.

[3][4] Myrna Bustani attended Collège Protestant Français and in addition for 10 years received formal piano lessons from in Beirut.

[8] After her father's death, Bustani not only inherited his parliament seat but also his business positions at various companies and other responsibilities, including project plans.

[11] In 1985, she established the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar at her father's American alma mater, MIT, to honour his memory and pursue his devotion to higher education and peace in the region.

[1] In 2007, according to an interview she did for Bespoke Magazine (online publication), she described her greatest calling as the struggle to revitalize and educate her sceptical countrymen about symphonies and sonatas, despite rampant economic instability, political assassinations and general unrest.