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At Mission Art Gallery, Tracy Chamoun unveils what she has long kept hidden

For a long time, she wore the garments history tailored for her: those of mourning, politics, journalism and, later, diplomacy. The one she wore in private was the painter's smock.

At Mission Art Gallery, Tracy Chamoun unveils what she has long kept hidden

A painting by Tracy Chamoun entitled "My Secret". (Credit: Courtesy of the artist)

Hailing from a prominent political Lebanese family, Tracy Chamoun refused to be defined simply as a “daughter of.” While the trauma of the assassination of her father, Dany Chamoun, on Oct. 21, 1990, alongside her two young half-brothers, can never truly be overcome, it pushed her to assume the role of family guardian at an early age. A champion of a sovereigntist and democratic political vision, she founded the Liberal Democrats of Lebanon party and served as Lebanon’s ambassador to Amman from June 2017 until August 2020. She resigned the day after the Beirut port explosion, convinced the country needed a change in governance. A presidential candidate in 2022, she is frequently sought out by the media to comment on current events. After publishing three award-winning books and building a career in television on the Discovery Channel,...
Hailing from a prominent political Lebanese family, Tracy Chamoun refused to be defined simply as a “daughter of.” While the trauma of the assassination of her father, Dany Chamoun, on Oct. 21, 1990, alongside her two young half-brothers, can never truly be overcome, it pushed her to assume the role of family guardian at an early age. A champion of a sovereigntist and democratic political vision, she founded the Liberal Democrats of Lebanon party and served as Lebanon’s ambassador to Amman from June 2017 until August 2020. She resigned the day after the Beirut port explosion, convinced the country needed a change in governance. A presidential candidate in 2022, she is frequently sought out by the media to comment on current events. After publishing three award-winning books and building a career in television on the Discovery...
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