Gebran tueni biography channel

The Tueni family has always been involved in journalism and politics. Annahar's founder, Gebran Tueni Sr., was elected Member of Parliament in 1937.

His son, Ghassan Tueni, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Annahar from 1947 to 1999, and then from 2005 until his death in 2012, was also a Member of Parliament from 1951 to 1957, then from 2005 to 2009, Lebanon's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1982, government minister from 1970 to 1971, and then again from 1975 to 1977, as well as Deputy Prime Minister from 1970 to 1971.

Ghassan Tueni's son, Gebran (1957-2005), CEO and Editor-in-Chief from 1999 until his assassination in 2005, was elected Member of Parliament in 2005 but was killed seven months after his election. Gebran's daughter, Nayla – the current CEO and editor-in-chief - was a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2018. Her sister Michelle unsuccessfully ran for office during the 2018 parliamentary election.

The Tueni family is also connected to other major political families. Ghassan Tueni was married to poet Nadia Hamade (1935-1983), sister of MP and Education Minister Marwan Hamade. In 1996, Tueni married Chadia Khazen, sister of former Tourism Minister Wadih Khazen. Gebran Tueni also married twice. His first marriage was to Mirna Murr, President of the Metn Federation of Municipalities, daughter of MP and former Deputy Prime Minister Michel Elias Murr and sister of former Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr. The Murr family is also involved in media through their ownership of Al-Joumhouria newspaper. Nayla Tueni is the daughter of Mirna Murr, which makes her the grand-daughter of Michel Elias Murr, and niece of Elias Murr; she is married to TV presenter Malek Maktabi.

BORMANN: It's a place synonymous with war, turbulence and deep division but the people I've met here will tell you, they're on the verge of something truly liberating. This is the story of a tiny country the rest of the world just can't keep out of and what happens next will change this place forever.

"Beirut, Beirut, glory from ashes for Beirut", Lebanon's national song bemoans a city that almost destroyed itself. From 1975 to 1990 the Lebanese people turned on each other. Now Lebanon's survivors are preparing for another dramatic turn in history. They want the removal of Syria's army, here for the last thirty years under the guise of keeping the peace.

GEBRAN TUENI: The Syrians are, you know, dealing like the old fashioned Soviet Union regimes. They, you know they rule the country imposing the reign of terror.

BORMANN: Newspaper editor and aspiring politician Gebran Tueni, is about to have one of the most extraordinary days of his life. Something rare for the Arab world is happening - an explosion of people power. This rally was unthinkable just a few weeks ago.

GEBRAN TUENI: When we talk about fighting for democracy, fighting for freedom, it isn't only words. We know what it is, we know the smell of blood the smell of dynamite - we know what the gun means, we know what threaten means. They only can kill you, and you know, we know that sometime we'll be assassinated.

BORMANN: During the civil war, Martyrs Square separated Muslim West Beirut from the Christian East. On this day, the followers of all religions have come together to rally against what they believe is a sinister force in Lebanese affairs.

GEBRAN TUENI: We are just witnessing the history of Lebanon.

BORMANN: No one will ever know exactly how many are here but perhaps one million have gathered to call for the end of Syrian control, the withdrawal of its troops and its reviled security police. They also want to see the end of the puppet government installed by Damascus. Parliamentary ca

Gebran Tueni was born on September 15, 1957. He was a member of the parliament and an influential journalist; he has left his mark in both, accomplishing a lot during his life and contributing greatly to Lebanon.

He was a “man of word,” using his pen to fight injustice and oppression, and calling for Lebanon’s independence from the Syrian regime’s control.

That caused him to fall martyr to his pacific yet strong fight for the freedom and unity of his nation.

On December 12, 2005, a massive car bomb took his life, during a series of political assassinations targetting Lebanon’s strong and influential leaders opposing the Syrian regime in our country.

For the first time ever, the politicians and the people united to evict the Syrian army forces from all Lebanese territories.

Many of our influential leaders were killed during that time, from Lebanon Prime Minister Rafic Hariri to Pierre Gemayel, Samir Kassir, Bassel Fleihan, and Gebran Tueini, among others.

“Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham (Damascus)” claimed responsibility for the death of Gebran Tueini.

It was a message to warn the press and control it. He was the Editor in Chief of the An-Nahar newspaper. He was the rebel MP in the parliament, he spoke for the people, and he was loved by many and remembered by all.

Gebran Tueni’s career started with him becoming the general manager, editor in chief and editorialist for the weekly magazine An Nahar Arab and International.

He became an active member of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) in 1990.

He served at An Nahar from 1993 to 1999.  Between 1997 and 2000, he was the general manager of the monthly magazine Noun. He became a member of the parliament of Lebanon for the Eastern Orthodox Christian seat in Beirut’s first district on an anti-Syrian slate, in 2005.

Gebran Tueni today, in the midst of this revolution, would be proud. Proud of the people who