Marcel Ghanem ( ar, مارسيل غانم) (born 1964) is a Lebanese

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

. 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 el Waqt" ( ar, صار الوقت).

Early years

Ghanem was born in

Yahchouch Yahchouch ( ar, يحشوش) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 42 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 670 meters above sea level and its total land area is 636 he ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

in 1964. He graduated from

Lebanese University The Lebanese University (LU) (, ) is the only public university in Beirut, Lebanon. It is ranked #701–750 worldwide in terms of education. The creation of the Lebanese University was an idea first mentioned in the speech of the former Minist ...

with a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

degree in 1987. He then practiced as an attorney between 1987 and 1994.

Career

Ahmed al-Assir hosted in the political talk show Kalam El-Nas

Ghanem presented a political talk show 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) and Radio Liban Libre from 1991 to 1993. The program was called ''Kalam Massoul'' (Talking Responsibly?) , co-hosted by journalist

May Chidiac May Chidiac ( ar, مي شدياق) (born 20 June 1963) is a journalist and former Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Development. Chidiac is a former television journalist at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) and one of ...

. From 1995 until 29 March 2018, Ghanem hosted the talk show '' Kalam El Nass'' (What people are saying) on LBC. He left LBC after receiving an offer from

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

. His new show on MTV is " Sar El Wa'et" (It's About Time) and has been on air since October 2018.

Giving a media platform to provocative speeches

During the

2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute The 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute began when Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. Shortly thereafter, the foreign relations between both countries and allie ...

crisis, Marcel Ghanem hosted in his political talk show Kalam El-Nas Saudi journalists who attacked the

Lebanese Armed Forces ) , founded = 1 August 1945 , current_form = 1991 , disbanded = , branches = Lebanese Ground ForcesLebanese Air Force Lebanese Navy , headquarters = Yarze, Lebanon , flying_hours = , websit ...

and accused the president of Lebanon, the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon as terrorists.

References

External links

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Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghanem, Marcel Lebanese journalists Lebanese Maronites Living people 1964 births Lebanese television presenters Lebanese University alumni People from Keserwan District