George Kurdahi (born January 16, 1950) is a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 television presenter of Palestinian

Palestine

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 descent. Kurdahi hails from the city of Acre

Acre

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 in Palestine

Palestine

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After working for the Lebanese newspaper Lisan Elhala, Kurdahi moved to Télé Liban

Télé Liban

Télé Liban became the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the Lebanese government. Télé Liban was a result of the merger of two privately-owned stations, CLT and Télé Orient in 1977. Currently, it mainly broadcasts terrestrially throughout Lebanon. TL is the current Lebanese...

, then in 1979 to Radio Monte Carlo

Radio Monte Carlo

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. After thirteen years, he became Head of News at Radio Orient, then General Manager of MBC FM

Middle East Broadcasting Center

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. He quit to present Man sa yarbah al malyoon

Man sa yarbah al malyoon

Man sa yarbah al malyoon is name of game shows broadcast in Arab world and Arab Maghreb countries.-Arab world:From 2000 to 2003, show called من سيربح المليون was broadcast on MBC1 . Its host was George Kurdahi. The biggest prize was 1 million Saudi riyals...

, the local version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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, on MBC 1

MBC 1

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In 2003, Kurdahi was headhunted to present a flagship talk show on the new Al Arabiya

Al Arabiya

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 channel, and presented "Eftah Albak" on LBC

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation , widely known as LBC, is the first private television station in Lebanon. It went global in 1996 when it launched its satellite channel LBC Al-Fadha'iya Al-Lubnaniya covering the Arab World. It now has several channels covering Europe, America, Australia, and...

. After a year, he returned to MBC and presented a new run of Millionaire, including in 2005 and 2006 an amended version of the show with bigger top prize called Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon

Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon

من سيربح 2 مليون was an Middle Eastern and North African game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show was hosted by George Kurdahi...

من سيربح 2 مليون (English

English language

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 translation

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: Who will win 2 million?).
and a local version of Power of 10

Power of 10

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Kurdahi has also launched his own brand of perfume

Perfume

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