Jocelyne Khoueiry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 August 1955 |
| Died | 31 July 2020 (agedย 64) Jbeil, Lebanon |
| Occupations | Militant Activist |
Political party | Kataeb Party |
Jocelyne Khoueiry (15 August 1955 โ 31 July 2020) was a Lebanese female militant in the Kataeb Party and an activist during the Lebanese Civil War.[1]
Biography
editA Maronite Catholic, Khoueiry was active in the Kataeb Party. During the Civil War, the Christian militia fought against the Palestinian fighters of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
On 7 May 1976, she defended a building overlooking Martyr's Square in Beirut alongside six other women against 300 Palestinian fighters.[2][3] An image of Khoueiry received worldwide attention.
Khoueiry led up to 1,000 combatants under her orders.[4] The number of women reached 1,500 in 1983.[5] She laid down her arms in 1986.
In 1988, Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab made a film about Khoueiry.[6] The film, broadcast on Canal+, was titled La Tueuse and reports on her passage of faith during the Lebanese Civil War.
She founded three associations: La Libanaise 31 mai, Oui ร la Vie" and the Centre Jean-Paul II.[7] In 2012, she participated in a synod on the Middle East.[8] In 2014, she participated in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and was appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
Jocelyne Khoueiry died in Jbeil on 31 July 2020 at the age of 64.[9]
See also
edit- Assaad Chaftari
- Bachir Gemayel
- Kataeb Regulatory Forces
- Lebanese Civil War
- Lebanese Forces (militia)
- Massoud Achkar
References
edit- ^ "Khoueiry, Jocelyne (1955-....)". BnF Catalogue gรฉnรฉral (in French). Bibliothรจque nationale de France.
- ^ "Du front ร l'annonce de l'Evangile de la vie". Zenit (in French). 8 March 2012.
- ^ https://www.christianitytoday.com/2020/09/jocelyne-khoueiry-lebanon-civil-war-maronite-fighter-may-31/
- ^ "Recension - Jocelyne Khoueiry l'indomptable / Nathalie Duplan et Valรฉrie Raulin". Chrรฉtiens de la Mรฉditerranรฉe (in French). 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Jocelyne Khoueiryย : l'Indomptable". Famille Chrรฉtienne (in French). 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Films / ุฃููุงู <". Association des amis de Jocelyne Saab. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Invitรฉ du dimancheย : Jocelyn Khoueiry". Radio Vatican (in French). 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Jocelyn Khoueiry: du Liban au synode, une expertise de terrain". Zenit (in French). 10 October 2014.
- ^ "La premiรจre combattante Kataรซb, en 1975, Jocelyne Khoueiry est dรฉcรฉdรฉe ร l'รขge de 64 ans". L'Orient le Jour (in French). 31 July 2020.
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