Mikhael

"Six years ago we launched the 'Arab spring' first mentioned by assassinated Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir," whose murder was followed by the brutal snuffing out of another Lebanese media figure Gebran Tueni, said Roula Mikhael, at the opening of the event.

Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011

Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.

Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011

Wael Mikhael, a cameraman for the Coptic television broadcaster Al-Tareeq, died of a bullet to the head as he filmed the army and police assaulting the October 9 protesters.

Dan Williams: "Eye-Hunting" in Cairo: The Military's Assault on Reporters Dan Williams 2011

Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.

Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011

The fact that he might be connected to a dethroned king and the mystical stone of god, ‘The Eye of Mikhael’ made him the target of the empire more than ever.

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Wael Mikhael, a cameraman for the Coptic television broadcaster Al-Tareeq, died of a bullet to the head as he filmed the army and police assaulting the October 9 protesters.

Dan Williams: "Eye-Hunting" in Cairo: The Military's Assault on Reporters Dan Williams 2011

Since 2009, when Beirut farmers' market founder Kamal Mouzawak opened Tawlet, a locavore refectory in quiet Mar Mikhael, appliance repair shops have given way to chic spots like Plan BEY, a book, art and music store owned by Tony Sfeir, founder of La CD-thèque, formerly the center of the local music scene.

Beirut Anna Louie Sussman 2011

Mikhael Margelov made clear Moscow's support for Mr. Assad, and said the West should be wary that the ouster of another secular leader in the Mideast could open the way to radical Islamic forces, the AP said.

Syria's Ally Iran Calls for Restraint Farnaz Fassihi 2011

Wael Mikhael, a cameraman for the Coptic television broadcaster Al-Tareeq, died of a bullet to the head as he filmed the army and police assaulting the October 9 protesters.

Dan Williams: "Eye-Hunting" in Cairo: The Military's Assault on Reporters Dan Williams 2011

"Six years ago we launched the 'Arab spring' first mentioned by assassinated Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir," whose murder was followed by the brutal snuffing out of another Lebanese media figure Gebran Tueni, said Roula Mikhael, at the opening of the event.

Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011