Biography
Octavia Nasr was born in Hadath Baabda, Lebanon to Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian parents. She studied in Beirut between 1968 and 1978; primary and middle school at the Sœurs des Saints Cœurs in Hadath. She completed her high school studies at the Collège des Pères Antonins in Hadath Baabda, Lebanon. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Lebanese American University (LAU). She has started her graduate studies in Middle Eastern affairs at Georgia State University (GSU), in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nasr is married and has two daughters. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
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