Joyce Gemayel

Joyce Gemayel

Joyce Gemayel ( _ar. جويس جميل) (born Joyce Tayan) is the wife of former President of Lebanon, Amin Gemayel (1982-1988), and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine Gemayel.

She married into the Gemayel family in 1967, becoming part "of one of Lebanon's most prominent Christian political dynasties", [ cite news | first = Martin | last = Asser | title = Obituary: Pierre Gemayel | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6169978.stm | work = BBC News | date = 2006-11-21 | accessdate = 2007-05-29] and raised three children, Pierre, Sami and Nicole, as Maronite Christians.

Images of her grieving her son were widely used in global media reports, [cite web | url = http://www.christiantoday.com/photogallery/?id=232&pic=8 | title = Thousands Mourn Slain Christian Minister in Lebanon | work = Christian Today | date = 2006-11-23 | accessdate = 2007-05-29 ] illustrating the "tears and cries of anger" of the mourners. [cite news | title = Lebanon Crisis Deepens | url = http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20165&Itemid=146 | work = Saudi Gazette | date = 2006-11-23 | accessdate = 2007-05-29 ] Subsequently, and alongside her husband, [ cite news | first = Mark | last = MacKinnon | title = Gemayel murder leads to second 'Independence Intifada' | url = http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/gemayel_murder.php | work = Ya Libnan | date = 2006-11-24 | accessdate = 2007-05-29 ] Gemayel has spoken out against political killings in Lebanon, and encouraged Christian Lebanese to be "united" in opposition to Syrian influence in the country. [cite news | title = Lebanon won't give in to pro-Syrian threats | url = http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/lebanon_wont_gi.php | work = Ya Libnan | date = 2006-11-30 | accessdate = 2007-05-29]

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