Malek Maktabi (or Malik Maktaby, ar, مالك مكتبي, born in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

on 10 November 1981) is a Lebanese television presenter who is known for hosting '' Ahmar Bil Khatt Al Aarid'' (Red in Boldface), a weekly talk show about social and human issues, which runs on the

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International ( ar, المؤسسة اللبنانية للإرسال انترناسيونال), widely known as LBCI, is a private television station in Lebanon. LBCI was founded in 1992 by acquiring the asse ...

(LBC) TV network.

Personal life

Maktabi married politician and newspaper heiress Nayla Tueni, daughter of assassinated

Gebran Tueni Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( ar, جبران تويني; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper ''An Nahar'', established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, ...

, on August 2009, in a

civil ceremony A civil, or registrar, ceremony is a non-religious legal marriage ceremony performed by a government official or functionary. In the United Kingdom, this person is typically called a registrar. In the United States, civil ceremonies may be performed ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. Their marriage came as a surprise to most people at the time, as the couple had kept both their relationship and engagement secret. They currently have three children together. Their eldest son Gebran Malek Maktabi (is named after

, b.2010) followed by their second son Sharif Malek Maktabi (b.2013) and their first daughter and youngest child Noor (born 2015).https://www.annahar.com/article/277536-نور-مالك-مكتبي

Career

Maktabi has a Ph.D in

international affairs International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

and

diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...

, completed in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. In early 2009, he hosted the

Miss Lebanon Miss Lebanon ( ar, ملكة جمال لبنان, Malikat Jamāl Lubnān, Queen of Beauty of Lebanon) is the national beauty pageant in Lebanon. The current Miss Lebanon is Yasmina Zaytoun who was crowned on 24 July 2022. History Miss Lebanon h ...

2009 pageant on LBC, and appeared with

Marcel Ghanem Marcel Ghanem ( ar, مارسيل غانم) (born 1964) is a Lebanese journalist. He hosted the widely popular Lebanese political talk show "Kalam El-Nas" ( ar, كلام الناس) and now he is hosting another Lebanese political talk show "Sar ...

on the talk show '' Kalam El Nass'', also on LBC.

References

Lebanese journalists Lebanese Shia Muslims Living people Lebanese television presenters Lebanese Muslims 1981 births People from Beirut Lebanese American University alumni {{Asia-tv-bio-stub