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Esther Coopersmith Maintains Fight to Save Tyre

By Mary Bird • June 18, 2015 0 1723

Maha El-Khalil Chalabi, General Secretary, International Association to Save Tyre, Reem Chalabi and Jonathan Coopersmith. | Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

On June 4, Esther Coopersmith entertained those gathered for a five-day symposium to support Maha el-Khalil Chalabi, founder of the International Association of Tyre, the American Committee on Tyre and Friends of Tyre, to raise awareness of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon. The Senator Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) and Coopersmith received recognition for their pioneering roles.

: Maha El-Khalil Chalabi, General Secretary, International Association to Save Tyre, Reem Chalabi and Jonathan Coopersmith. | Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.