Английская Википедия:Faris Nimr
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Faris Nimr (Шаблон:Lang-ar; 1856–1951), was a pioneer Lebanese journalist and intellectual. He cofounded Al Muqattam, an Arabic, Cairo-based newspaper.[1][2]
Early life and education
Nimr was born in 1856[3] in Hasbaya, Ottoman Empire. He hailed from a Protestant family.[4] His father was killed in the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon, and he moved with his mother to Beirut, then to Jerusalem. They returned to Hasbaya in 1868.[2]
Nimr graduated from the Syrian College in Beirut in 1874,[5] and worked at the newly created Lee Observatory under Doctor Cornelius Van Dyck, before becoming the observatory manager himself.[2] In 1890 he graduated with a doctorate in philosophy from New York University.[2]
Career and activities
Following his graduation Nimr worked at the American College in Beirut as a lecturer.[6] There he taught chemistry, and one of his pupils was Ilyas Matar.[7] he was a member of the free mason organization.[7] In 1876, he founded the monthly Arabic popular science magazine Al Muqtataf with Yaqub Sarruf in Beirut. They both moved to Cairo in late 1884 where they continued publishing Al-Muqtataf with great success.[2][8] They managed to restart the magazine after they were permitted to resume its publication by the British authorities in Egypt.[8]
In 1889, Nimr founded Al Muqattam, an Arabic, Cairo-based daily newspaper with Yaacoub Sarrouf and Shahin Makaryus.[2] He became member of the Egyptian Senate.[2] As of 1918 Nimr was a member of the Syrian Welfare Committee of which other members included Suleiman Nasif, Haqqi al-Azm, Rafiq al-Azm and Fawzi al-Bakri.[9]
Personal life and death
One of Nimr's daughters, Katie, married George Antonius, an author and historian.[10] British diplomat Sir Walter Smart married his another daughter, Amy.[11] Nimr's sister, Maryam, married Shahin Makariyus who was a merchant and the founder of a magazine entitled Al Lataif.[12]
References
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