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Joseph Francis "Joe" Karam (born 21 November 1951) is a former New Zealand representative rugby footballer who played for the All Blacks. After retiring from rugby he became a businessman. However, he is most notable for waging a 15 year campaign to have David Bain's wrongful convictions for murder overturned and a subsequent campaign seeking compensation for him that has not yet been resolved.
Karam was born in Taumarunui to a Lebanese father and Irish mother. He grew up on the family farm near Raurimu and attended St. Patrick's College, Silverstream. He was a member of the public-speaking team, a prefect and played the part of a Maori boy in the 1968 school production. He excelled in sport. Other students could run faster and kick better, he says, but they didn’t use their brains like he did.
According to an article in The New Zealand Listener, Karam has always had a strong sense of justice. At 16, he seriously considered becoming a priest. He later read a book about the existence of God that he felt actually proved the opposite – so he converted to what many see as another Kiwi religion, rugby. When he became a successful entrepreneur he said: “People ask me what I do, and I say, I think. That’s how I make my money. I spend a lot of time on my own and you can make a lot more money thinking than you can working. With the Bain case, I think about things that never dawn on other people.”
The Bain family murders refers to the deaths of Robin and Margaret Bain, along with three of their children - Arawa, Laniet and Stephen - in Dunedin, New Zealand on 20 June 1994. Their eldest son, David Cullen Bain was wrongfully convicted in May 1995 on five counts of murder. He spent almost 13 years of a life sentence in prison before the Privy Council declared there had been a 'substantial miscarriage of justice'. He was released on bail in May 2007, pending retrial.
Soon after Bain was convicted in 1995, his case was taken up by businessman and former All Black footballer Joe Karam, who had been convinced that Bain was innocent. Karam helped Bain navigate a long appeal process through the New Zealand court system, and has written four books about the case. In May 2007, Bain's legal team, guided by Karam, successfully appealed to the Privy Council in Britain. Finding there had been a substantial miscarriage of justice, the Privy Council quashed Bain's convictions and ordered a retrial. The retrial ended with Bain's acquittal on all charges in June 2009. The Privy Council finding of miscarriage of justice and the outcome of the retrial raised the possibility that David's father, Robin Bain, was not murdered, but committed suicide after killing the other family members.
MY SINGLE SONG FOR NAJWA KARAM ( JAYE GHANYLIK )
A look back a Joe Karam and his tireless campaign
joe karam take 1 at zaarour drift show 20-6-2010. the car is bmw m3 e46 sponsored by ELIE HAGE
joe karam 540 tailtap
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND GIVE A THUMBS UP! If you're reading this at guerillamedia.co.nz click "Original Article" for the video. Vinny's NUTShell: Kent Parker & Vic Purkiss are 2 ordinary guys who want justice for a man named Robin Bain, the high profile court trial of David Bain has left them with a lot of unanswered questions, glaring evidence and even financial interest at the heart of the efforts to free David from prison. Their campaign has landed them with defamation form Bains Lay Advocate Joe Karam as have many who have spoken out against Bains Not Guilty Verdict. http://www.counterspin.co.nz/ Please buy a dvd! http://www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com/dvds.html Watch this video and please share it around! Listen to the whole show here: http://www.guerillamedia.co.nz/content/justice-robin-b...
Interview with Dr. Joseph Karam. Cosmetic Dentist, Dentaline, Lebanon. www.dentaline.co www.cosmeticdentistrylebanon.org
Joe Karam and David Bain speak to Campbell Live
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Rita Karam talked about Ehden and its History, mentioning its great men like Venerable Patriarch Estephan Douaihy. Then she talked about the festival which will be held on 30 and 31 August on the occasion of Youssef Bey Karam body return to Ehden.
http://mtv.com.lb/Talk_Of_The_Town Mona Abou Hamza is back with a new season of her show that was nothing less but THE Talk of the Town when first broadcast on MTV.
MY SINGLE SONG FOR NAJWA KARAM ( JAYE GHANYLIK )
A look back a Joe Karam and his tireless campaign
joe karam take 1 at zaarour drift show 20-6-2010. the car is bmw m3 e46 sponsored by ELIE HAGE
joe karam 540 tailtap
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND GIVE A THUMBS UP! If you're reading this at guerillamedia.co.nz click "Original Article" for the video. Vinny's NUTShell: Kent Parker & Vic Purkiss are 2 ordinary guys who want justice for a man named Robin Bain, the high profile court trial of David Bain has left them with a lot of unanswered questions, glaring evidence and even financial interest at the heart of the efforts to free David from prison. Their campaign has landed them with defamation form Bains Lay Advocate Joe Karam as have many who have spoken out against Bains Not Guilty Verdict. http://www.counterspin.co.nz/ Please buy a dvd! http://www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com/dvds.html Watch this video and please share it around! Listen to the whole show here: http://www.guerillamedia.co.nz/content/justice-robin-b...
Hello FREAKS! Welcome to a very special TWO part podcast as we talk to the cast of the new indie film "On the Brain"! To find out more about the cast, and the film, please check below: Sharon Fredrickson http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5682586/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Joe Karam http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5431681/?ref_=tt_cl_t10 Ashley Devane http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4566105/?ref_=tt_cl_t15 On The Brain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3699572/ http://www.onthebrainmovie.com/
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PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND GIVE A THUMBS UP! If you're reading this at guerillamedia.co.nz click "Original Article" for the video. Vinny's NUTShell: Kent Parker & Vic Purkiss are 2 ordinary guys who want justice for a man named Robin Bain, the high profile court trial of David Bain has left them with a lot of unanswered questions, glaring evidence and even financial interest at the heart of the efforts to free David from prison. Their campaign has landed them with defamation form Bains Lay Advocate Joe Karam as have many who have spoken out against Bains Not Guilty Verdict. http://www.counterspin.co.nz/ Please buy a dvd! http://www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com/dvds.html Watch this video and please share it around! Listen to the whole show here: http://www.guerillamedia.co.nz/content/justice-robin-b...
This is part of the CD Release show for the band's debut recording titled "Morning Man". It was filmed at the legendary Barrymore's Music Hall in Ottawa (Can) by Rogers Community Access TV. The TF Band consisted of Trevor Finlay on lead vocal and guitars, Ken Fahie (RIP) on keys, Sean Burke on bass, and Mark Rehder (me!) on drums and the horn arrangements. The special guests were singer Andrea Karam, the "976 Horn Section" (Carm Scaffidi - tpt. Rob Mosher - alto sax, Zeek Gross - tnr. sax, Steve Guerin - trbn, Joe Sunseri - bari sax), and also the Voices of Praise Gospel Choir. Rogers TV told us they could only broadcast our original tunes, as getting clearance for the cover tunes was too much effort. We ended up with two VHS tapes, one with the original broadcast, and a quickly-edited ...