Nínawa Daher

Nínawa Daher (3 October 1979 – 9 January 2011) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and television host.

Nínawa Daher
Born(1979-10-03)3 October 1979
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died9 January 2011(2011-01-09) (aged 31)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cause of deathAutomobile accident
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
OccupationLawyer, journalist, presenter
AwardsSanta Clara de Asís Award (2011)

Early years

Nínawa Daher was born in Buenos Aires on 3 October 1979, into a family of Lebanese descent. Her parents were Ghandour and Alicia Daher, and she had a sister, Sumaia.[1]

Academic career

Daher graduated from Nuestra Señora del Huerto High School in 1997.[2] She earned a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 2003, graduating with honors. In addition to her titles in journalism and law, she spoke English, Arabic, and French fluently.[3]

Professional career

Daher was coordinator of the ADISC and FORO youth programs,[4] and Secretary of Socio-Cultural Development of the Youth Cooperation Board of the City of Buenos Aires. In 2003, she was a candidate for the Buenos Aires City Legislature.[3]

She hosted Televisión Pública Argentina's Desde el aljibe, a program for the Argentine Arab community, since its inception in 2002, along with journalist Roberto Ahuad.[3] She also worked as an international journalist at the Argentine news channel C5N since its creation in 2007. She was sent to cover the presidential tours of Cristina Fernández to Africa in November 2007 and Arab countries in 2010. In 2010 she became the host of Resumen de medianoche, the channel's early morning news program.[3]

Work with organizations

The co-founder of the Youth Group of the Lebanese World Cultural Union in Argentina, Daher was part of its directive commission for several years.[5] She chaired the Youth Group of the Federation of Argentine Arab Entities of Buenos Aires and participated in the Socio Cultural Forum of Buenos Aires. She was co-founder of the Catholic journalist's group "People of the Road Press". She received the 2006 Ugarit Distinction for Youth Insight,[6] as well as the 2009 Golden Lighthouse Award for Journalistic Discovery on TV in Mar del Plata.[7] During the course of her life she participated in various activities in solidarity with vulnerable social groups, and in pursuit of improving quality of life for Argentine youth. She was Godmother of the Children's Board, collaborated with SOS Children's Villages, Dining Rooms for Children and the Elderly, and volunteered with the International Make-A-Wish Foundation.[8]

Death

On the night of 9 January 2011, Nínawa Daher died in a traffic accident while on vacation in the Retiro neighborhood of Buenos Aires. She was accompanied by her boyfriend Alejandro Tomás Macipe, who was driving the vehicle. Macipe was detained and charged with wrongful death, but was released on 11 January.[9]

On 27 August, the government of the city of Buenos Aires placed a star at the scene of the accident. The memorial was attended by Guillermo Montenegro, Gabriela Michetti, and Daniel Hadad.[10]

Awards and recognitions
  • 2006 – Ugarit Distinction for Youth Insight
  • 2009 – Golden Lighthouse for TV Journalism

Posthumous honors
  • 2011 – memorial mention at the Martín Fierro Awards[11]
  • 2011 – Santa Clara de Asís Award for her professional career[12]
  • 2011 – plaque in her memory placed in the Plaza of Journalists by the government of Buenos Aires[13]
  • 2011 – Buenos Aires Law No. 3.939 designated Daher's birthday of 3 October as Arab-Argentine Youth Day[14]
  • 2012 – annual scholarship established for a Master's in Investigative Journalism from the Universidad del Salvador[15]
  • 2012 – named an Ambassador of Peace by the Peace Foundation and Thousand Millennia of Peace[16]
  • 2014 – granted the Presidential Shield of Lebanon by Michel Suleiman[5]

References
  1. "Ninawa Daher: compromiso con el arabismo" [Nínawa Daher: Commitment to Arabism]. Federación de Entidades Argentino Arabes de Santa Fé (in Spanish). 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Falleció la periodista Nínawa Daher" [Journalist Nínawa Daher Passes Away]. Infobae (in Spanish). 11 January 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. "El club Gente de Prensa revela detalles de la vida de Ninawa Daher, la joven periodista trágicamente desaparecida" [The People of the Press Club Reveals Details of the Life of Nínawa Daher, the Young Journalist Tragically Lost]. reporterdelespectaculo.com (in Spanish). 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. "X Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos DerHumALC" [10th DerHumALC International Human Rights Film Festival]. Foro Socio Cultural (in Spanish). 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. "El Líbano distingue a la periodista argentina Nínawa Daher" [Lebanon Recognizes Argentine Journalist Nínawa Daher]. Clarín (in Spanish). 1 April 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. "Fallecimiento de Ninawa Daher" [Passing of Nínawa Daher] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Club Sirio Libanés. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. "Gran fiesta de los Faro de Oro" [Great Celebration of the Golden Lighthouse]. El Atlántico (in Spanish). 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. Blardone, Soledad (19 May 2015). "Un emocionante concierto para los chicos del Hospital Ricardo Gutiérrez" [An Emotional Concert for the Children of Ricardo Gutiérrez Hospital]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. "Dolor por Ninawa; el novio, imputado" [Grief for Nínewa; the Boyfriend, Charged]. La Razón (in Spanish). 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. "La Ciudad recordó a Nínawa Daher" [The City Remembers Nínawa Daher]. Infobae (in Spanish). 26 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  11. "El homenaje a los que se fueron" [Tribute to Those Who Were]. Diario Uno (in Spanish). 22 May 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  12. "Premio Santa Clara de Asís a Nínawa Daher". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 August 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  13. "Un nuevo homenaje a Nínawa Daher" [A New Tribute to Nínawa Daher]. Infobae (in Spanish). 2 December 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "Ley N° 3.939" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires City Legislature. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  15. "Se entrega la cuarta Beca Nínawa Daher para la maestría de periodismo" [The Fourth Nínawa Daher Scholarship for Master's of Journalism is Awarded]. Infobae (in Spanish). 15 April 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  16. "Declaran a Nínawa Daher embajadora de la paz" [Nínawa Daher Declared Ambassador of Peace]. El Esquiú.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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