National Order of the Cedar
In 2012 he had to deal with a violent campaign against him because he had published a caricature of Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Shiite group Hezbollah, in the daily newspaper "Al Joumhouria". In December the same year, President Michel Suleiman named him Commander of the National Order of the Cedar. He had previously been named Knight of the same order by President Suleiman Frangieh and Officer by both President Elias Hrawi and former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.