10 Facts About Okab Sakr

Okab Sakr or Oakab Saker is a Lebanese journalist and politician who lost his father before he was born during the beginning of the Lebanese civil war.

Okab Sakr was raised by his mother under difficult economic conditions.

Okab Sakr's family is from Zahle, Bekaa Valley and they are Lebanese Shiite Muslims.

Okab Sakr worked as a teacher for two years at USJ's Islamic and Christian Studies Institute, contributed to the establishment and management of the Permanent Dialogue Center.

Okab Sakr worked as assistant managing editor for Al Balad newspaper.

Okab Sakr is manager of the New Opinion Center, and a member of the Arab Working Group on Muslim-Christian Dialogue.

Okab Sakr is general coordinator of the Arab Forum for Dialogue and Citizenship.

Okab Sakr was allegedly involved in arming the insurgent in the Syrian civil war.

Okab Sakr later claimed the tapes were edited, and that he only provided Syrians with milk and blankets.

In December 2012, Okab Sakr claimed that Jamil Al Sayyed had been allegedly in the car with Michel Samaha along with a third person while transferring explosives from Syria to Lebanon to carry out terrorist attacks.