![Lokman Slim, who was found dead in his car on February 4, 20201, sits at a restaurant in an undated picture, in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Slim, a Shiite Muslim secular intellectual known for his opposition to the Shiite movement Hezbollah, had not been heard from by his family since getting in his car on February 3 evening to drive back to Beirut from south Lebanon.
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Lokman Slim, who was found shot dead in his car on February 4, 2021 in the south of Lebanon. AFP
Lokman Slim, who was found shot dead in his car on February 4, 2021 in the south of Lebanon. AFP
Lokman Slim: the assassination of a most elegant critic
The Lebanese publisher and activist was not just a hero – he was a piece of Beirut's memory, writes Luna Safwan