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May Menassa

Lebanese journalist and novelist (1939-2019) · Lebanon · On the map · Journalists · Died at 79

May Menassa was a Lebanese journalist, writer, editor-in-chief, critic and translator, best known as the author of Walking in the Dust and I Killed My Mother in Order to Live. She was the first woman to enter the Lebanese television business and joined the only public television network at the time Télé Liban.

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Order of Merit2019

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She wrote a lot of articles and about ten novels.

Country
Lebanon
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2019 · aged 79

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