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Lebanese journalist and politician

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Doctor May Chidiac مي شدياق May Chidiac in 2019 State Minister for Administrative Development In office January 31, 2019 – October 19, 2019 President Michel Aoun Prime Minister Saad Hariri Preceded by Inaya Ezeddine Succeeded by Damianos Kattar Head of the GROUND-0 Beirut Relief Committee Incumbent Assumed office August 4, 2020 Founder and President of May Chidiac Foundation (MCF) Incumbent Assumed office 2011 Head of the Press Division at the Lebanese Embassy in Bern-Switzerland In office 1991–1990 Editor, reporter and News Anchor at LBC In office 1985 – September 25, 2005 Personal details Born May Chidiac (1963-06-20) June 20, 1963 (age 63) Rmeil, Beirut, Lebanon Party Lebanese Forces Education Saint Famille Française School Gemayze-Fanar (General Sciences). Master's degree in journalism from the Lebanese University. PhD. Information and Communication Sciences from Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University with honorable distinction.

**May Chidiac** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): مي شدياق) (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 1963) is a journalist and former [Lebanese](/source/Lebanon) Minister of State for Administrative Development.[1]

## Early life and education

Chidiac was born in Beirut in 1963. She holds a Ph.d in "Sciences de L'Information et de la Communication" with high distinction from [Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II](/source/Paris-Panth%C3%A9on-Assas_University). Since 1997, she has served as a Professor of Radio/TV at [Notre Dame University-Louaize](/source/Notre_Dame_University%E2%80%93Louaize). She has participated in various academic forums and has lectured at international institutions such as the [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney).[1][2]

## Career

In 1985, Chidiac began her career as a journalist at the [Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Lebanese_Broadcasting_Corporation) (LBC) and one of the station's [television anchors](/source/News_presenter).[3] Over the next twenty-five years, she went on to hold several positions such as: editor, radio host, and news anchor, and worked in both Lebanese and international media.[4]

From 1989 to 1990, Chidiac served as Head of the Press Division at the Lebanese Embassy in Bern, Switzerland.[1] Following the end of the [Lebanese Civil War](/source/Lebanese_Civil_War), she criticized [Syria](/source/Syria)'s continued troop presence in [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon), stating that the [Taif Accords](/source/Taif_Agreement) stipulated Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon.[5][6] She also worked as a [real estate agent](/source/Real_estate_agent) between 1994 and 1998.[7]

On the day she was attacked, after the [Cedar Revolution](/source/Cedar_Revolution) and Syria's troop withdrawal from Lebanon earlier that year, she hosted a talk show in which she criticized what she called Syria's continuous involvement in Lebanon's affairs and expressed concern about further violence ahead of the [UN](/source/United_Nations) report on the death of the former prime minister, [Rafik Hariri](/source/Rafik_Hariri). On 3 February 2009, she announced her resignation on her LBC[8] show *Bi Kol Jor'a*.[9]

Chidiac was the Minister of State of the Administrative Reform of the [government](/source/Third_Cabinet_of_Saad_Hariri) of [Saad Hariri](/source/Saad_Hariri) since January 31, 2019.[10] On October 19, 2019, May Chidiac and her 3 others colleagues from the [Lebanese Forces](/source/Lebanese_Forces) resigned from the government after a third day of [protests](/source/17_October_Revolution) across the country against tax increases and alleged official corruption.[11][12] She was Professor of Journalism and Radio/Television at the [Notre Dame University–Louaize](/source/Notre_Dame_University%E2%80%93Louaize) (NDU) since 1997.[13] She is the Founder and President of the two [NGOs](/source/NGO); May Chidiac Foundation (MCF) and its affiliated Media Institute (MCF-MI) since 2011. The Foundation organizes two annual conferences. After over 220 people were killed and over 5,000 were wounded in the [2020 Beirut explosion](/source/2020_Beirut_explosion),[14] the [Lebanese Forces](/source/Lebanese_Forces) President [Samir Geagea](/source/Samir_Geagea) appointed Dr. May Chidiac as Head of the GROUND-0 Beirut Relief Committee, on August 6, 2020.[15][16]

She was part of Women On The Front Lines (WOFL) Lebanon &WOFL MENA Chapter, Jordan.[1]

She is the Founder of the Academy of Leadership & Applied Communication (ALAC), certified by the Lebanese government by the decree N° 2844/2016.[2]

## Assassination attempt

In 2004, following an interview with Maronite Patriarch [Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi](/source/Bechara_Boutros_al-Rahi), she received a death threat that was sent to her by [Rustum Ghazaleh](/source/Rustum_Ghazaleh), a [Syrian](/source/Syria) military and intelligence officer. The message came to her via a Lebanese political figure, Ghazaleh said he would “drink her blood.”[17]

Chidiac was seriously injured on 25 September 2005, by a [car bomb](/source/Car_bomb) in [Jounieh](/source/Jounieh), Lebanon. 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, her left arm was severely injured and later [amputated](/source/Amputation), and her hair and clothes were set on fire. She was in stable condition following the assassination attempt. According to reports obtained by the committee to protect journalists, half a kilogram of explosives was placed in Chidiac's Range Rover. The explosion blew off the driver-side door, which was recovered more than 30 feet away from Chidiac's car.[18]

The blast was one of a [series of bombings](/source/2005_Lebanon_bombings) in Lebanon mostly targeting critics of Syria, but including the centrist Lebanese defense minister, [Elias Murr](/source/Elias_Murr).[19][20] One other journalist, [Samir Kassir](/source/Samir_Kassir), and [anti-Syrian](/source/Anti-Syrian) politicians including [George Hawi](/source/George_Hawi) and [Gebran Tueni](/source/Gebran_Tueni), editor and publisher of the daily newspaper, *[An-Nahar](/source/An-Nahar)*, were killed in these attacks. Their assassinations and the attempt on Chidiac were linked to Unit 121, which executed many assassinations in Lebanon, dating back to the late 80s.[21][22][23] After months of treatment and numerous surgeries in [Beirut](/source/Beirut) and [Paris](/source/Paris), May appeared on TV on 25 May 2006 and stated that she planned to return to journalism. On 27 January 2006, Chidiac announced her candidacy for the vacated [Maronite](/source/Maronite_Christianity_in_Lebanon) seat in Lebanon's Baabda-Aley district in a televised interview.[24]

On 12 July 2006, May Chidiac returned to Beirut.[25] She first visited the shrine of Saint [Charbel](/source/Charbel_Makhluf), in the [Byblos](/source/Byblos) region, a place she had been the day before the attack. She participated in a mass celebrated by the superior of the monastery, Fr. Tannous Nehme. In 2007, she published her biography, *Le Ciel m'attendra* (French for *Heaven Can Wait*)[26]

## Awards and honors

On 27 October 2006, May Chidiac received one of the three Courage in Journalism Awards presented by the [International Women's Media Foundation](/source/International_Women's_Media_Foundation).[27]

In June 2006, she received the "CRANS Montana Foundation Award" for Freedom of Expression offered by his Royal Highness [Prince Albert](/source/Albert_II%2C_Prince_of_Monaco) De Monaco, Monte Carlo.[28]

On 3 May 2006, [UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) awarded[29] the [UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize](/source/UNESCO%2FGuillermo_Cano_World_Press_Freedom_Prize) to May Chidiac in recognition of her courage in defending and promoting [freedom of the press](/source/Freedom_of_the_press).[30]

In December 2007, May Chidiac was honored in the frame of "She Made It" by the [Museum of Television and Radio](/source/Museum_of_Television_and_Radio), New York City.[31]

In April 2006, she received an Honorary Award, presented by his Royal Highness Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[32] Crown Prince of [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi).

On 3 May 2007, the former French president, [Jacques Chirac](/source/Jacques_Chirac) awarded May Chidiac[33] the *[Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour)* at the [Elysée Palace](/source/Elys%C3%A9e_Palace) in [Paris](/source/Paris).[34] Chirac described Chidiac as a "symbol of free speech in Lebanon."[35]

In March 2008, she was honored as a prominent and audacious figure in politics and journalism during the Olympe De Gouge event, at Montauban France. In December 2010, The "Prix Verité" ("Truth Prize") was awarded to Chidiac for *Le Ciel M'attendra* in 2007 in La Ville de Cannet, [Cannes, France](/source/Cannes%2C_France).[28]

In 2010, Chidiac was named one of the [International Press Institute](/source/International_Press_Institute)'s [World Press Freedom Heroes](/source/World_Press_Freedom_Heroes).[36]

Chidiac has participated in significant symposiums and colloquiums such as the UN's Resolution 1325 Symposium in Vienna, the University of Sidney Ideas Talk, the International Press Institute Congress in South Africa and Jordan, UNESCO International Colloquium in Beirut, and UNESCO's Global Forum on Media and Gender in Thailand, its former Regional Forum for Media Development, as well as its Symposium for Freedom of Expression.[37]

In 2016, Chidiac was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the [American University of Science and Technology](/source/American_University_of_Science_and_Technology).[31]

## Publications

- "Le Ciel M'attendra" (Heaven Can Wait) in 2007 awarded the "[Prix Vérité](/source/Prix_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9)" in [Le Cannet](/source/Le_Cannet), France.[38]

- "La Television Mise à Nu" (Influence of politics on the television scene) in 2014. The book was awarded the "Phoenix Prize" for literature.[39]

## See also

- [List of people who survived assassination attempts](/source/List_of_people_who_survived_assassination_attempts)

- [Syrian occupation of Lebanon](/source/Syrian_occupation_of_Lebanon)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-38)** Chidiac, May (2007). *Le ciel m'attendra*. Éd. de Noyelles. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2744197178](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2744197178).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-39)** Chidiac, May (2014). *La télévision mise a nu*. L'Orient des livres. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-9953599083](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9953599083).

## External links

- [Assassinations haunt the press](http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/69570/), ifex.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

- [UNESCO awards press freedom prize to Chidiac](http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1738&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html), unesco.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

- [LBC interview with May Chidiac](http://www.memritv.org/View.asp?P1=1190), memritv.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

- [May Chidiac, the Ardent Champion](http://www.alwaref.org/en/figure-of-the-month/156-empty) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110725001920/http://www.alwaref.org/en/figure-of-the-month/156-empty) 25 July 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), alwaref.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

- [May Chidiac Foundation](https://mcfmi.org/)

v t e International Women's Media Foundation awards Courage in Journalism Maria Jimena Duzan, Florica Ichim, Caryle Murphy, Lilianne Pierre-Paul (1990) Lyubov Kovalevskaya (1991) Catherine Gicheru, Kemal Kurspahic, Gordana Knezevic (1992) Donna Ferrato, Mirsada Sakic-Hatibovic, Arijana Saračević Helać, Cecilia Valenzuela (1993) Christiane Amanpour, Razia Bhatti (1994), Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur (1994) Chris Anyanwu, Horria Saihi, Gao Yu (1995) Ayse Onal, Saida Ramadan, Lucy Sichone (1996) Bina Bektiati, Corinne Dufka, Maribel Gutierrez Moreno (1997) Elizabeth Neuffer, Blanca Rosales Valencia, Anna Zarkova (1998) Sharifa Akhlas, Kim Bolan, Aferdita Kelmendi (1999) Marie Colvin, Agnès Nindorera, Zamira Sydykova (2000) Amal Abbas of Sudan, ineth Bedoya Lima, Carmen Gurruchaga (2001) Kathy Gannon, Sandra Nyaira, Anna Politkovskaya (2002) Anne Garrels, Tatyana Goryachova, Marielos Monzon (2003) Gwen Lister, Mabel Rehnfeldt, Salima Tlemcani (2004) Sumi Khan, Anja Niedringhaus, Shahla Sherkat (2005) Jill Carroll, May Chidiac (2006) Lydia Cacho, Serkalem Fasil, McClatchy's Baghdad bureau (Shatha al Awsy, Zaineb Obeid, Huda Ahmed, Ban Adil Sarhan, Alaa Majeed, Sahar Issa) (2007) Farida Nekzad, Sevgul Uludag, Aye Aye Win (2008) Jila Baniyaghoob, Iryna Khalip, Agnes Taile, Amira Hass (2009) Claudia Julieta Duque, Vicky Ntetema, Tsering Woeser (2010) Adela Navarro Bello, Parisa Hafezi, Chiranuch Premchaiporn (2011) Reeyot Alemu, Asmaa Al-Ghoul, Khadija Ismayilova (2012) Najiba Ayubi, Nour Kelze, Bopha Phorn, Anne Finucane (2013) Arwa Damon, Solange Lusiku Nsimire, Brankica Stanković, Alexandra Trower (2014) Mwape Kumwenda, Anna Nemtsova, Lourdes Ramirez (2015) Mabel Cáceres, Janine di Giovanni, Stella Paul (2016) Deborah Amos, Saniya Toiken, Hadeel al-Yamani (2017) Meridith, Nima Elbagir, Rosario Mosso Castro, Anna Babinets, Zehra Doğan (2018) Anna Babinets, Anna Nimiriano, Liz Sly, Lucia Pineda, Nastya Stanko (2019) Gulchehra Hoja, Jessikka Aro, Solafa Magdy, Yakeen Bido (2020) Khabar Lahariya newsroom, Paola Ugaz, Vanessa Charlot (2021) Cerise Castle, Lynsey Addario, Victoria Roshchyna (2022) María Teresa Montaño Delgado, Women of The Washington Post Reporting on Ukraine (Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anastacia Galouchka, Kamila Hrabchuk, Siobhán O'Grady, Whitney Shefte, Whitney Leaming, Heidi Levine, Louisa Loveluck, Missy Ryan, Samantha Schmidt, Loveday Morris, Kasia Strek, Joyce Koh, Miriam Berger) (2023) Lauren Chooljian, Moníca Velásquez Villacís (2024) Lifetime Achievement Marites Vitug (1991) Barbara Walters (1992) Nan Robertson (1993) Katharine Graham (1994) Helen Thomas (1995) Meg Greenfield (1996) Nancy Woodhull (1997) Bonnie Angelo (1998) Peggy Peterman (1999) Flora Lewis (2000) Colleen "Koky" Dishon (2001) Mary McGrory (2002) Magdalena Ruiz (2003) Belva Davis (2004) Molly Ivins (2005) Elena Poniatowska (2006) Peta Thornycroft (2007) Edith Lederer (2008) Amira Hass (2009) Alma Guillermoprieto (2010) Kate Adie (2011) Zubeida Mustafa (2012) Edna Machirori (2013) Linda Deutsch (2015) Diane Rehm (2016) Andrea Mitchell (2017) Lesley Stahl (2018) Anja Niedringhaus Heidi Levine (2015) Adriane Ohanesian (2016) Stephanie Sinclair (2017) Andrea Bruce (2018) Eloisa Lopez (2019) Masrat Zahra (2020) Fatima Shbair (2021) Paula Bronstein (2022) Laurence Geai (2023) Gwen Ifill Michele Norris (2017) Karen Toulon (2018) Nikole Hannah-Jones (2019) Yamiche Alcindor (2020) Sisi Wei (2021) Mc Nelly Torres (2022) Karen Grigsby Bates (2023) Wallis Annenberg Katsiaryna Andreyeva, Darya Chultsova (2021) Xueqin (Sophia) Huang (2022) Yalda Moaiery (2023) Shin Daewe (2024) Aynur Elgunesh (2025)

v t e UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize laureates Gao Yu (1997) Christiana Anyanwu (1998) Jesús Blancornelas (1999) Nizar Nayyouf (2000) Win Tin (2001) Geoffrey Nyarota (2002) Amira Hass (2003) Raúl Rivero (2004) Cheng Yizhong (2005) May Chidiac (2006) Anna Politkovskaya (2007) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (2008) Lasantha Wickrematunge (2009) Mónica González Mujica (2010) Ahmad Zeidabadi (2011) Eynulla Fatullayev (2012) Reeyot Alemu (2013) Ahmet Şık (2014) Mazen Darwish (2015) Khadija Ismayilova (2016) Dawit Isaak (2017) Mahmoud Abu Zeid (2018) Kyaw Soe Oo, Wa Lone (2019)

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