Jean-Sélim Kanaan [SEP] place of death
Jean-Sélim Kanaan
Jean-Sélim Kanaan (July 28, 1970 – August 19, 2003) was a United Nations (UN) diplomat, Egyptian, Italian and French national, who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, along with Sérgio Vieira de Mello and other members of his staff. Born in Rome, Italy, he was the son of an Egyptian UN diplomat, and he spoke seven languages.
Biography.
Jean-Sélim Kanaan devoted his life to humanitarian relief operations from
Mt. Kilimanjaro and was an aviator.
Jean-Sélim Kanaan left behind his wife, Laura Dolci-Kanaan, and his three-week-old baby, Mattias-Sélim Kanaan.
He was buried in a Roman Catholic cemetery in Cairo, Egypt: ""Jean Sélim, martire della pace e dell'umanesimo"".
Kanaan was awarded the French Legion of Honour posthumously for his work in 'helping the world's weak and oppressed'. 
See also.
- Attacks on humanitarian workers
References.