Background
Rula Ghani was born Rula Saade and raised in Lebanon to a Lebanese Christian family.
Rula Ghani was born Rula Saade and raised in Lebanon to a Lebanese Christian family.
She completed a master"s degree in Political Studies from the American University of Beirut in 1974, where she had met her future husband, Ashraf Ghani.
In 2015, Rula Ghani was named to the Time 100, a list of the world"s most influential people, by Time magazine. "She has always supported Afghan women and I hope she continues to do southern" Historian, Ali A Olomi, has argued that following the precedent of Afghanistan"s Queen Soraya, Rula Ghani can bring real change for women"s rights in the country.