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Souha Bechara was born on 15 June, 1967 in Deir Mimas, Lebanon, is a Lebanese Communist Party member and former POW. 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 56 years old?
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| Occupation |
Activist · writer |
| Age |
56 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
15 June, 1967 |
| Birthday |
15 June |
| Birthplace |
Deir Mimas, Lebanon |
| Nationality |
Lebanese
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Souha Bechara Height, Weight & Measurements
At 56 years old, Souha Bechara height not available right now. We will update Souha Bechara's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
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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| Children |
2 |
Souha Bechara Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Souha Bechara worth at the age of 56 years old? Souha Bechara’s income source is mostly from being a successful Activist. She is from Lebanese. We have estimated Souha Bechara's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Activist |
Souha Bechara Social Network
Timeline
Souha Bechara (سهى بشارة; born 15 June 1967) is a Lebanese former prisoner at the Khiam detention center.
Her father, Fawaz, was a member of the Lebanese Communist Party, which Bechara herself also joined secretly in 1982.
During the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, she was active within various leftist political and militant movements, including Jammoul and the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth.
Bechara left college in 1986 and joined resistance 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.
In 1988, she unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Antoine Lahad, the then-leader of the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA); she was subsequently arrested and held at the SLA's notorious prison facility in Khiam for ten years.
Bechara was born in Deir Mimas, Lebanon, to a Greek Orthodox Christian family.
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.
Lahad was rushed to a hospital and spent eight weeks there, suffering from serious health complications.
His left arm was paralysed.
Bechara was detained by the security guards in the house, taken to Israel briefly, where she was interrogated and beaten.
She was then taken to Khiam prison for ten years, without being charged or tried.
She suffered electric shock torture and six years of solitary confinement in a tiny cell.
Bechara was released on September 3, 1998, following an intense Lebanese and European campaign.
After her release, Bechara moved to France and then to Geneva, Switzerland, where she married a Swiss national, with whom she has 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.
In 2000, she published her autobiography, Résistante, relating her early life and her years in jail.
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.
English and Arabic translations following in 2003.
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 of the same title.
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.
