By Dr. Alaa Rihan
My name is Alaa Rihan. Before 2020, I was simply Dr. Rihan, living a fulfilling life in Beirut. I graduated from the School of Medicine at Beirut Arab University in 2011, then joined the American University of Beirut, where I completed four years of family medicine training in 2015. Those 11 years had been the longest chapter of my life, but I was finally ready to embrace the joys of family life and a growing career in family medicine. Blessed with a daughter and a son, my husband and I built a peaceful life amid the beauty of Lebanon.
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