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The Marada Movement (Arabic: تيار المردة, romanized: Tayyār Al-Marada) is a Lebanese political party and a former militia active during the Lebanese Civil War named after the legendary Marada (also called Mardaites) warriors of the early Middle Ages that fought on the external edge of the Byzantine Empire.
The Canton was run by the Al-Marada's own civil administration of 80 public servants, who were also entrusted of running the militia's own television and radio service, "The Voice of the Marada" (Arabic: عزة صوت المرادة | Iza'at Sawt al-Marada) or "La Voix des Maradah" in French, by hijacking the television and radio signals ...
Since Marada's adventures were first published in the creator-owned series Epic Illustrated, the rights to her character were eventually given to writer Claremont and artist Bolton. [ 1 ] Marada is introduced as "her mother was the firstborn of Caesar", [ 2 ] though it is unclear if this refers to Julius Caesar or to a current emperor (bearing ...
Militiamen from the Phalange RF and Marada also clashed over protection rackets. This conflict led to the murder of Tony Frangieh, his wife, Vera (née el Kordahi), and his three-year-old daughter Jihane by Phalangist militiamen, known as the Ehden massacre. [3] His son, Suleiman, was in Beirut during the massacre. [4] [5] [6]
Marada were a group of autonomous communities living on Mount Lebanon during the Middle Ages. Marada may also refer to: Marada (comics), a fantasy comic book character created in 1982 by John Bolton and Chris Claremont; Marada, a genus of prehistoric mammals; The Marada Brigade, a Maronite militia in the Lebanese Civil War
Suleiman Antoine Frangieh (Arabic: سليمان أنطوان فرنجية; born 18 October 1965) is a Lebanese politician.He is the incumbent leader of the Marada Movement, [1] and a former Member of the Lebanese Parliament for the Maronite seat of Zgharta–Zawyie, in North Lebanon.
Marada forces also carried out a series of revenge killings and kidnappings. [10] In the following period the Phalange members in the area were displaced and nearly 100 of them were killed. [17] On 28 June 1978, Marada allies responded with another massacre known as the Qaa massacre which resulted in the death of 26 Phalangists. [18]
Their other Arabic name, al-Jarājimah, suggests that some were natives of the town Jurjum in Cilicia; the word marada in Arabic is the plural of mared, which could mean a giant, a supernatural being like Jinn, a high mountain or a rebel. The argument that the Mardaites were Greek, [4] is supported on two facts.