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US Treasury sanctions Lebanon businessmen and politician alleging corruption

Jurist 29 Oct 2021

The designated individuals are two businessmen, Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, and a member of parliament, Jamil Sayyed ... According to a press release published by OFAC in conjunction with the designation, both al-Arab and Khoury were the recipients of public contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars in exchange for kickbacks.

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Treasury sanctions a Lebanese Parliament member and businessmen over corruption

Yahoo Daily News 29 Oct 2021

Businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury profited off relationships with powerful Lebanese politicians, the Treasury said. Al-Arab's company won multimillion-dollar contracts in exchange for bribes to government officials, while Khoury's company acted with impunity despite failing to follow through on public contracts.

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US sanctions Lebanese MP and two businessmen over corruption

The National 28 Oct 2021

Washington accused Jihad Al Arab, Dany Khoury and Jamil Sayyed of profiting from corruption and cronyism while “enriching themselves at the expense of the Lebanese people and state institutions" ... Dany Khoury is a close associate of Gebran Bassil, former foreign minister of Lebanon, who himself was sanctioned by Washington last year.

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US sanctioning Lebanese businessmen, lawmaker over alleged corruption

The Hill 28 Oct 2021

The Treasury Department issued the sanctions for businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, along with Jamil Sayyed, a member of Lebanon’s Parliament ... “Jihad al-Arab, Dany Khoury, and Jamil Sayyed have each personally profited from the pervasive corruption and cronyism in Lebanon, ...

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US slaps sanctions on Lebanese tycoons over 'corruption'

The New Arab 28 Oct 2021

The US Treasury slapped sanctions on prominent Lebanese tycoons Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury as well as lawmaker Jamil Sayyed for allegedly benefitting from corruption and adding to the breakdown of the rule of law in their country ... Khoury, it said, used his ties to ...

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US sanctions Lebanese MP, tycoons for 'profiting from pervasive corruption'

France24 28 Oct 2021

The US Treasury slapped sanctions on prominent Lebanese tycoons Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury and lawmaker Jamil Sayyed for allegedly benefitting from corruption and adding to the breakdown of the rule of law in the country ... .

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US Treasury Designates 2 Businessmen, One Lawmaker for Undermining Rule of Law in Lebanon

Urdu Point 28 Oct 2021

"Today, the U.S ... Jihad al-Arab, Dany Khoury, and Jamil Sayyed have each personally profited from the pervasive corruption and cronyism in Lebanon, enriching themselves at the expense of the Lebanese people and state institutions ... ....

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Riverton honors Hometown Heroes

Elko Daily Free Press 17 Sep 2021

Thursday night’s recipient was the Khoury Family. Sam and Gus Khoury built the first grocery store in Spring Creek in 1982 ... Jamil and Jehad were at the game Thursday night on behalf of the Khoury family.

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Life imitating art in playwright's fictional account of outcry over building a mosque in Naperville ...

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 16 Apr 2021

Two pieces from Jamil Khoury dramatize the backlash that ensues after zoning changes are sought for a mosque in Naperville, something Khoury said he is now watching play out in real life ... "A lot of the arguments are being repeated," said Khoury, co-executive artistic director of Silk Road Rising in Chicago.

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Lebanon’s beverage makers seek survival, revival

Asiatimes 17 Jun 2020

Chateau Khoury located in the Bekaa Valley may just be one of those shrewd survivors ... “The new problem is the banks,” said Jean Paul Khoury ... Khoury says he needed $30,000 to order 47,000 bottles ... Like many wineries, Chateau Khoury has a significant stock to fall back on, and can afford to keep prices stable for the time being.

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Chicago’s storefront theaters find lifeline through Donnelley Foundation Theater grants

Chicago Sun-Times 03 Sep 2019

Shown is a scene from the troupe’s production of “Othello.” For Silk Road Rising artistic director Jamil Khoury, Donnelley funds will help create a locally sourced festival of new plays in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood ... “We didn’t want to swoop in, do a show and leave,” said Khoury.

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Make Chicago a center for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship, Ms. Mayor

Chicago Business 30 Jul 2019

MALIK GILLANI. JAMIL KHOURY ... We understand ourselves as cultural entrepreneurs ... Making the case for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship is a no-brainer ... Malik Gillani and Jamil Khoury are co-founders of Silk Road Rising, a Chicago-based theatre and media arts organization dedicated to telling stories of Asian, South Asian and Middle Eastern communities. .