1. May Chidiac was born on in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 1963 and is a journalist and former Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Development.
10 Facts About May Chidiac
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May Chidiac is the Founder and President of the two NGOs; May Chidiac Foundation and its affiliated Media Institute since 2011.
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May Chidiac was the Head of the Press Division at the Lebanese Embassy in Bern-Switzerland between 1989 and 1990.
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May Chidiac was a real estate agent between 1994 and 1998.
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May Chidiac was seriously injured on 25 September 2005, by a car bomb in Jounieh, Lebanon.
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On 27 January 2006, May Chidiac announced her candidacy for the vacated Maronite seat in Lebanon's Baabda-Aley district in a televised interview.
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On 27 October 2006 May Chidiac received one of the three Courage in Journalism Awards presented by the International Women's Media Foundation.
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In December 2007, May Chidiac was honored in the frame of "She Made It" by the Museum of Television and Radio, New York City.
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In 2010, May Chidiac was named one of the International Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes.
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In 2016, May Chidiac was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the American University of Science and Technology.