Maria Maalouf
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Maria Maalouf
Maalouf
Maalouf is the surname of one family that encompasses over 250,000 sons and daughters who share one single ancestor and a detailed family tree for nearly five centuries.-Origins:The Maalouf family belongs to the group of tribes known as Ghassanids that emigrated from Yemen to Houran...

, is a Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 journalist and political analyst. Maalouf
Maalouf
Maalouf is the surname of one family that encompasses over 250,000 sons and daughters who share one single ancestor and a detailed family tree for nearly five centuries.-Origins:The Maalouf family belongs to the group of tribes known as Ghassanids that emigrated from Yemen to Houran...

 made international news when she received death threats on her cell phone. One threat from a Lebanese man told Maalouf in English, that "you are a dead girl." Maalouf quickly alerted the authorities.

The message that Maria Maalouf received on her cell phone was in response to a political program she had taped the earlier day. On that program Maalouf invited renowned German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 criminal investigator Jürgen Cain Külbel
Jürgen Cain Külbel
Jürgen Cain Külbel is a German former criminal investigator of the GDR, who became a journalist after the reunification of Germany.Jürgen Cain Külbel came to international light after publishing a counter-investigation on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. In it,...

 who spoke about his latest book, which accused the Mossad
Mossad
The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....

 of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri rather than Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

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Media

Maalouf
Maalouf
Maalouf is the surname of one family that encompasses over 250,000 sons and daughters who share one single ancestor and a detailed family tree for nearly five centuries.-Origins:The Maalouf family belongs to the group of tribes known as Ghassanids that emigrated from Yemen to Houran...

 used to host a political program on NewtvSat
Al Jadeed
Al Jadeed , formerly known as New TV, is a 24-hour PAN Arab station broadcasting from Lebanon offering general-interest programming in the Arabic language.The launch of Al Jadeed took place on October 4, 2001 in Lebanon and the Arab world...

 called "bela raqeeb" (Arabic for "without censorship"). She now hosts a political program on the Lebanese channel NBN
National Broadcasting Network
People's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...

. Maalouf's objective political analysis and research is foreign in the typical partisan media of Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. Maalouf has also founded a number of Kuwaiti and Lebanese newspapers.

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