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May Chidiac
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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningMay ChidiacFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchMay Chidiac is a Christian Lebanese journalist. She was seriously injured on September 25, 2005, by a car bomb in Jounieh, Lebanon.Chidiac works for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, where she is a television anchor. She was usually critical of Syria, which until April 2005 had stationed troops in Lebanon. On the day she was nearly killed, she had hosted a talk show in which she voiced fears over further violence ahead of the UN report on the death of Rafiq Hariri.The bomb which nearly killed her was a one-pound device, detonated as she entered her car. Her left leg below the knee was blown off and her hair and clothes were set on fire. She was said to be in stable condition following the amputation of her severely injured left arm. The blast was one of a series of bombings in Lebanon targeting critics of Syria, in which one other prominent journalist, Samir Kassir, and anti-Syrian politicians including George Hawi and Gebran Tueni, editor and publisher of the daily newspaper, An-Nahar, have been murdered.On the 25th of November, May appeared on TV, defiant, smiling and promising a return to her job.She travelled to France to continue her treatments.On the 27th of January, 2006 May announced her candidacy for the vacated Maronite seat in Lebanons Baabda-Aley by-election in a televised interview.On 3 May 2006, UNESCO awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to May in recognition of her courage in defending and promoting freedom of the press.On 12 July 2006, May Chidiac returned to Beirut. Straight from the airport, Chidiac wanted her first stop on Lebanese soil to be at the monastery of the Lebanese Maronite St. Charbel, in Jbeil (the location where she spent the day before the attack on her life) and took part in a thanksgiving mass celebrated by the superior of the monastery, Fr Tannous Nehme.[edit]See alsoSamir KassirRafik al-HaririGebran TueniGeorge Hawi[edit]External linksMayChidiac.org - The Free Lebanese WomanAssassinations haunt the press - IFEXUNESCO awards press freedom prize to ChidiacLBC interview with May Chidiac (subtitled)May Chidiac returns to Beirut - reported by AsiaNews agency #160;This Lebanese biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_ChidiacCategories: Lebanese people stubs | Lebanese people | Lebanese journalists | Maronites | AmputeesViews Article Discussion Edit this page HistoryPersonal toolsSign in / create accountNavigationMain PageCommunity PortalFeatured articlesCurrent eventsRecent changesRandom articleHelpContact WikipediaDonationsSearchToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkCite this article This page was last modified 06:25, 27 September 2006.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for detai
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