Brigitte Gabriel (October 21, 1964 – N/A) was a Lebanese-American activist, author, and speaker whose ministry-like efforts have centered on raising awareness about what she describes as the threat of radical Islam, drawing from her experiences as a Christian during Lebanon’s civil war. Born Hanan Qahwaji in Marjayoun, Lebanon, to a Maronite Christian family, she endured the Lebanese Civil War starting in 1975, living in a bomb shelter from age 10 to 17 after her home was destroyed by Muslim militants—an ordeal she recounts in her books Because They Hate (2006) and They Must Be Stopped (2008). After moving to Israel in 1984, she worked as a news anchor for Middle East Television’s Arabic “World News” under the pseudonym Nour Semaan, then immigrated to the United States in 1989, marrying an American and founding a television production company. Gabriel’s preaching-like career emerged in 2001 when she founded the American Congress for Truth (later ACT for America), a grassroots organization opposing Islamic extremism, which she chairs as of today. While not ordained, her lectures—delivered to audiences like the United Nations, U.S. Congress, and churches—carry a sermon-like intensity, warning of cultural and security threats she ties to her war-torn youth. A frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, and other platforms, she speaks Arabic, Hebrew, French, and English, leveraging her platform to advocate for Judeo-Christian values. Mother to a daughter and stepson from her marriage, which ended in divorce, she resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where her work—though controversial and labeled anti-Muslim by critics like the Southern Poverty Law Center—continues to resonate with conservative Christian audiences.