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Souha Bechara was born on 15 June, 1967 in Deir Mimas, Lebanon, is an Activist, Writer. Discover Souha Bechara's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Activist, Writer |
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57 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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15 June 1967 |
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15 June |
Birthplace |
Deir Mimas, Lebanon |
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Lebanese |
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She is a member of famous Activist with the age 57 years old group.
Souha Bechara Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Souha Bechara Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Souha Bechara worth at the age of 57 years old? Souha Bechara’s income source is mostly from being a successful Activist. She is from Lebanese. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
After her release, Bechara moved to France and then to Geneva, Switzerland, where she married a Swiss national. They had two children. She has also worked with Collectif Urgence Palestine–Genève. Bechara remains a frequent lecturer and advocate for a socialist, democratic, and non-sectarian Lebanon.
Parts of Bechara's story were used in Wajdi Mouawad's 2003 play, Incendies, which Denis Villeneuve adapted to the screen in his 2010 film by the same name.
Souha Fawaz Bechara also spelled Souha Bechara or Soha Bechara (Arabic : سهى فواز بشارة) (born June 15, 1967) is a Lebanese national. In 1988, at the age of twenty one, she attempted to assassinate General Antoine Lahad of the South Lebanon Army, a militia funded by Israel. Bechara was quickly arrested and held in the infamous Khiam prison. She was released on September 3, 1998, following an intense Lebanese and European campaign. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Résistante, relating her early life and her years in jail. English and Arabic translations following in 2003. In 2011, Bechara published another autobiography, whose Arabic title translates as I Dream of a Cell of Cherries. Her co-author, Cosette Elias Ibrahim, is a Lebanese journalist who was also detained in the Khiam prison. She was released on 22 May 2000, when Israel pulled out of the south of Lebanon and the South Lebanon Army forces abandoned the Khiam prison.
Souha Bechara left college in 1986 and joined militant activities in Lebanon. She was given the task of assassinating Lahad. Consequently, she headed south, introduced herself to Lahad's family as an aerobics instructor to his wife Minerva. Gradually, she familiarised herself with the family's members and visited them continually. On the evening of the operation, 17 November 1988, Lahad's wife invited Bechara for tea. Bechara accepted the invitation and stayed until Lahad's arrival. As she was packing her belongings and leaving, Bechara twice shot Lahad with a 5.45 mm revolver. He was shot once in the chest and once in the shoulder, then Bechara threw the gun away before his body guards arrested her.
Souha Bechara was born in Deir Mimas, Lebanon and raised in an Eastern Orthodox family. Her father, Fawaz Bechara, is a member of the Lebanese Communist Party, which Souha Bechara herself also joined secretly in 1982, the year in which Israel invaded Lebanon and was active within the bodies of the party, its resistance front Jammoul and also in Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth.