Nayla Tueni
| Nayla Tueni نايلة تويني |
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|---|---|
| Born |
Nayla Gebran Tueni 31 August 1982 Achrafieh, Beirut |
| Residence | Beirut |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Education | Lebanese University |
| Occupation | Journalist, Parliamentarian |
| Home town | Beirut |
| Term | 2009-2013 |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Malek Maktabi (married 2009-) |
| Children | Gebran Malek Maktabi (2010-) |
| Parent(s) | Gebran Tueni, Mirna Murr |
| Relatives |
Gebran Tueni (Great-grandfather) Marwan Hamadeh (Great-Uncle) Nadia Tueni (Grandmother) Ghassan Tueni (Grandfather) Michel Murr (Grandfather) |
Nayla Tueni Maktabi (Arabic: نايلة تويني مكتبي) (born 31 August 1982) is a Lebanese journalist and politician. She won the Greek Orthodox Christian seat for Achrafieh in the 2009 Lebanese Elections for the March 14 block. She and Nadim Gemayel are currently the youngest members of Lebanese Parliament and she is one of the few elected female politicians in Lebanon.
Tueni is a fourth generation journalist. An Nahar was established by her great-grandfather, Gebran Tueni, in 1933. Her grandfather, Ghassan Tueni, ran the newspaper for decades. She is heiress along with her siblings to the newspaper dynasty and currently a member of the Board and the Deputy General Manager of An Nahar. She is also a board trustee of the Mentor Arabia, a non-governmental regional organization that promotes drug prevention and raises awareness on various issues among Arab youth.
Nayla Tueni was born in Achrafieh on 31 August 1982. Her family is a prominent Orthodox Christian clan in Lebanon. She pursued her primary education at Collège Louise Wegman and went to high school at Collège Notre-Dame de Nazareth in Achrafieh. In 2005, she obtained a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the Lebanese University. Then she received a master's degree from the Jean Monet Faculty in Paris. In 2003, she worked as a trainee for An Nahar and then wrote in the Education and Youth section of the newspaper.
Nayla Tueni is a secular Greek Orthodox Christian. At the time of her political campaign, she stood for belief in Christian preservation, as well as her stance against Hezbollah, brought her the support of conservative Christians of the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb party. However, she is also an advocate for secular reforms in the Lebanese sectarian system. In a reportage broadcast by Al Jazeera about the power struggle of Lebanon's Christian clans, Tueni stated in Arabic: "The current system means I only represent my sect. I would rather represent my country and not my sect and hope that one day Lebanese politics will not be based on sect".
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