- Peri Cochin
Périhane Chalabi Cochin (more commonly known as Péri Cochin) is a French TV host with
Iraqi Lebanese origins. She was born inBeirut on May 28, 1965 and grew up in Tyre in a Shi’aMuslim family. She left Lebanon for France in 1975 when theLebanese Civil War broke.She lives in
Paris where she married Guillaume Cochin, a famous Frencharchitect . She has 4 sons. Although she also studied architecture, Péri Cochin has been involved in many other businesses. In 2001, she started to work as a TV host in “On a tout essayé”, a famous French TV show broadcast on France 2. She has now left Laurent Ruquier's team and is expected to have her own show on decoration and “art de vivre” on the same channel in the beginning of 2008.Péri Cochin also produces adaptations of French TV shows for the
Arab world (“Chakou Makou”, “Adam wa Awa”, “Taratata”…). Most of these shows are recorded in Lebanon and then broadcast bysatellite in all Arab countries.In France, Péri Cochin recently launched jadorelesdiners, a web site offering you the opportunity to register for dinners organised by her team in Paris and other French cities.
External links
* [http://pericochin.com pericochin.com]
* [http://jadorelesdiners.com jadorelesdiners.com]
* [http://pourquelelibanvive.blogspot.com/2006/07/champs-de-marsmot-de-madame-peri.html] Speech of Péri Cochin during a demonstration against the July 2006 war on Lebanon.
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