Péri Cochin

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Périhane Chalabi Cochin, born on 28 May 1965 in Beirut, more commonly known as Péri Cochin, is a French TV host with Lebanese and Iraqi origins.

Life[]

Family background[]

Chalabi Cochin comes from families of transnational identities with a Shia background. Her father is the Iraqi businessman ,[1] a brother of the banker and politician Ahmad Chalabi. The Chalabis descend from a Shia dynasty of merchants and bankers in Baghdad.[2] In 1960, Talal married Maha al-Khalil, the heiress of a feudal dynasty in Tyre, Southern Lebanon.[1] Maha's father Kazem al-Khalil was a doyen member of the Lebanese parliament, seven-time minister of the Lebanese government and right-wing militia-leader. Maha al-Khalil's mother Muzain was a daughter of Ibrahim Haydar, a Shi'ite leader from the Beqaa Valley and father-in-law of fellow feudal lord Adel Osseiran, who is considered by some people to be one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic. Talal's brother Ahmad married , daughter of Adel Osseiran, in 1971.[3]

External links[]

  • [1] Speech of Péri Cochin during a demonstration against the July 2006 war on Lebanon.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Who's Who in Lebanon 2007–2008. Beirut / Munich: Publitec Publications & De Gruyter Saur. 2007. pp. 84, 88. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  2. ^ "Ahmed Chalabi suffers a heart-attack". The Economist. 2015-11-03. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  3. ^ Filkins, Dexter (2006-11-05). "Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi (Published 2006)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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