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A Protestant mother. A Shiite son. A plea for vengeance on his killers.
But unlike many responses to political martyrdoms in Lebanese history, she yields it to God.
Last month in the Hezbollah-controlled south of Lebanon, unknown gunmen shot Lokman Slim in the head. It was a targeted assassination of a man dedicated to the hope that his small Middle Eastern nation might overcome sectarian divisions.
He was his mother’s son.
“I will not go and kill them, but ask God to avenge him,” said the grieving 80-year-old, Selma Merchak. “This comes from my faith in God as the great authority.”
Villa Slim Becomes a Cultural Tribute to a Journalist Shot Dead Dead in Lebanon Published February 23rd, 2021 - 07:05 GMT
Lokman Slim’s killing is a personal tragedy (Twitter)
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Somewhere nearby, several dogs start barking.
Villa Slim sits not far from the street sign welcoming motorists to Haret Hreik. If this municipality just south of Beirut exists in the popular imagination, it’s as a “Hezbollah stronghold.”
It’s a Saturday and Villa Slim is quiet. The garden is still adorned by flower wreaths set down during the Feb. 10 memorial marking the death of Lokman Slim, whose bullet-riddled body had been found in south Lebanon a few days before.
Leaders of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Börsenverein, supported by the International Publishers Association, condemn the killing of Lokman Slim on February 4 in the village of Addoussieh.
In Beirut’s downtown Nijmeh Square. Image – Marco Ramerini
‘A Fearless, Outspoken, and Committed Fighter’
In a report from Reuters Beirut, we learned of a protest on Saturday (February 6), demanding an investigation into the killing of anti-Hezbollah activist Lokman Slim, a publisher, critic, and documentary filmmaker. Those protesters’ demand is joined by many in the world publishing community.
Lokman Slim. Image: Dar Al Jadeed
Slim, as many
Publishing Perspectives readers know, was found dead in his car on Thursday (February 4) in southern Lebanon’s village of Addoussieh. He had been shot to death. He was 58.