{{Short description|Lebanese journalist}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Marcel Ghanem | image = Marcel Ghanem.png | caption = Marcel Ghanem in 2020 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = Yahchouch, Lebanon | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1991–present | known_for = Host of ''Kalam AL NASS'', '' Sar El wa2et'' | occupation = TV journalism }}
'''Marcel Ghanem '''({{langx|ar|مارسيل غانم}}) (born 1964) is a Lebanese journalist known for hosting popular political talk shows, including "Kalam El-Nas" ({{langx|ar|كلام الناس}}) and currently "Sar el Waqt" ({{langx|ar|صار الوقت}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theinnercircle.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/marcel-ghanems-kalam-el-nass-interviews-lebanese-australians-at-the-university-of-sydney/|title=Marcel Ghanem's Kalam el Nass interviews Lebanese Australians at the University of Sydney|date=March 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fanoos.com/entertainment/marcel_ghanem.html|title=Marcel Ghanem|website=fanoos.com|date=10 October 2024 }}</ref>
==Early years==
Ghanem was born in Yahchouch, Lebanon in 1964. He graduated from Lebanese University with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1987. He then practiced as an attorney between 1987 and 1994.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
==Career== [[File:Ahmed al-Assir hosted in the political talk show Kalam El-Nas.jpg|thumb|Marcel Ghanem (left) hosting Ahmed al-Assir in his political talk show Kalam El-Nas]] Ghanem presented a political talk show on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) and Radio Liban Libre from 1991 to 1993. The program was called ''Kalam Massoul'' (Talking Responsibly?), co-hosted by journalist May Chidiac.
From 1995 until 29 March 2018, Ghanem hosted the talk show ''Kalam El Nass'' (What people are saying) on LBC. He left LBC after receiving an offer from MTV. His new show on MTV is "Sar El Wa'et" (It's About Time) and has been on air since October 2018.
==Giving a media platform to provocative speeches== During the 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute crisis, Marcel Ghanem hosted in his political talk show '''Kalam El-Nas''' Saudi journalists who attacked the Lebanese Armed Forces and accused the president of Lebanon, the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon as terrorists.
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==External links== * {{in lang|ar}} [http://www.lbcgroup.tv Official Website]
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