Tahseen khayat biography of martin

Tahseen Khayat is a businessman, founder and CEO of Al-Jadeed and Tahseen Khayat Group, a company involved in publishing, printing, distribution, media, energy production, oil and gas, engineering, leisure, and hospitality, in Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Although not directly involved in Lebanese politics, Tahseen Khayat had several face-offs with the authorities. In the s, his opposition to former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and to the Head of the Syrian Intelligence in Lebanon led to the exclusion of Al-Jadeed from the list of media outlets granted licenses to broadcast.

After Al-Jadeed resumed broadcasting in , Tahseen Khayat was briefly arrested and accused of collaboration with Israel, then released and cleared. Tahseen’s children are also involved in the TV channel, mainly his daughter Karma, Deputy General Manager of Al-Jadeed.

In , she faced trial before the Special Tribunal for L