Anissa Rawda Najjar was a lifelong advocate for rural women's rights, with her activism spanning over 45 years. She was the wife of Fouad Najjar.
In 1951, she co-founded the Village Welfare Society with Evelyne Boustros, which was one of the first women's organizations to focus on rural women.
She also represented Lebanon at several Arab and international conferences, including the Arab Women's Union conferences in 1953 and 1956.
In 1977, she became the vice-president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
She authored the first handwritten magazine in pencil with her fellow activists, the writer Laure Moghaizel and others, at the Qubayh school. She traveled and lived during the time of great presidents and leaders, such as President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
She was nicknamed the "Mother of Projects," particularly for building schools in the Shouf region.
