Born on August 4, 1937, in Lebanon, Lamia is the second born of the five daughters of Riad El Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon, and his wife Fayza El Jabiri, sister of Syrian prime minister Saadallah al-Jabiri.[3] When she was just 14 years old, her father was assassinated in an attack by members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.[2] She studied at La Sorbonne University in Paris and graduated there in 1959 with a Bachelor's Degree in French Language and Literature.[3][4][5]
She is President of the Alaouite Organization for the Promotion of the Blind in Morocco (OAPAM), since 1967, the date of its creation.[6][7]
Lalla Lamia met her future husband Prince Moulay Abdallah in Paris in 1957 when she was a student at La Sorbonne University. They got engaged in Beirut on November 5, 1959.[8][9]InRabat, on November 9, 1961, aged 24, Lamia married Prince Moulay Abdallah, in a double nuptial ceremony with Latifa Amahzoune, the bride of her brother-in-law King Hassan II. Following her entry into the royal family, she became Lalla Lamia and Hassan II granted her the title of Princess and the treatment of Highness.[10][6] Three children were born from their union:
