Faris Nimr (
Arabic: فارِس نِمْر; 1856–1951), was a pioneer Lebanese journalist and intellectual. He cofounded Al Muqattam, an Arabic, Cairo-based newspaper.[1][2]
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]
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