True to her spirit of contradiction, Janane Mallat prefers to pick up her pencil for “Hello, Darling?” (Credit: R.A./L'OLJ)
Television producer Janane Mallat has lived through every kind of crisis. Fleeting love affairs, failed jobs, displaced by war. But there is one crisis she refuses to acknowledge: turning 60.Her blow-dried hair crowns a casual look, her smile flashes as she fires off quips at her TV shows' guests.As for the real pope, Mallat, from Baabda, remains grateful for his recent visit to Beirut. Leo XIV abruptly ended her voluntary unemployment, since 2020, by handing her a colossal task: coordinating LBC’s cameras with MTV’s, without letting the two rival stations clash.That was not to mention the outdated Télé-Liban, or even Hezbollah’s channel, al-Manar, which demanded footage of the pontiff. They got their images, but not from Annaya (Jbeil) or Bkirki (Kesrouan).As for shaking the pope’s hand, Mallat preferred to stay behind the scenes,...
Television producer Janane Mallat has lived through every kind of crisis. Fleeting love affairs, failed jobs, displaced by war. But there is one crisis she refuses to acknowledge: turning 60.Her blow-dried hair crowns a casual look, her smile flashes as she fires off quips at her TV shows' guests.As for the real pope, Mallat, from Baabda, remains grateful for his recent visit to Beirut. Leo XIV abruptly ended her voluntary unemployment, since 2020, by handing her a colossal task: coordinating LBC’s cameras with MTV’s, without letting the two rival stations clash.That was not to mention the outdated Télé-Liban, or even Hezbollah’s channel, al-Manar, which demanded footage of the pontiff. They got their images, but not from Annaya (Jbeil) or Bkirki (Kesrouan).As for shaking the pope’s hand, Mallat preferred to stay behind the...
