Professor at the Lebanese University and Saint-Joseph University, and founder of Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace. He is member of Constitutional Council in Lebanon and a member of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Advisory Council. As journalist Messara worked for Le Jour, L’Orient-Le Jour, and others, and is a member of Master’s Executive Committee, a francophone journalism cooperation between the Lebanese University, The French Press Institute (IFP, Paris) and Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalists (CFPJ, Paris).