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 Talal Chalabi,[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 Leila Osseiran, 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ahmed Chalabi suffers a heart-attack". The Economist. 2015-11-03. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Filkins, Dexter (2006-11-05). "Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi (Published 2006)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-08.