Selim mouzannar biography

Selim Mouzannar

Lebanese jeweler

Selim Mouzannar

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BornFebruary 5, 1963 (1963-02-05) (age 61)
Beirut, Lebanon
Known forJewelry Design, Civil Rights Advocacy

Selim Mouzannar (born February 5, 1963) is a French-Lebanese jeweler and civic activist.

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He is the founder and CEO of Selim Mouzannar, his eponymous jewellery house and artisanal manufacturing corporation based in Beirut, Lebanon.

Biography

Scion of a family of craftsmen originally from Damascus, Syria.[1] Mouzannar was shaped by training at his father's jewelry shop in Beirut's old souks.

In 1980, Mouzannar left Lebanon in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War and went to study in Paris, France. He graduated with a degree in mineralogy and gemology in 1983.

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From 1984, Mouzannar worked as a production and purchasing manager for a jeweler in Saudi Arabia. In 1989, he moved to Bangkok, Thailand, managing an international workshop. In the late selim mouzannar (@selimmouzannar) • Instagram photos and videos QUFI