Lahad Khater | |
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Born | 1 March 1881 Btater,
Aley District,
Ottoman Lebanon |
Died | 1975 (aged 93–94) |
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Lahad Khater (1881–1975) was a Lebanese educator, historian, journalist and writer. He was the editor of a Jesuit publication entitled Al Bashir between 1924 and 1947.
Khater was born in Btater, a village in Aley district, on 1 March 1881. [1] Following his graduation from Al Hikme high school in Beirut he began to work as a teacher. [1] Later he joined Saint Joseph University and Al Farir College. [1] He established a school in his village where he was a teacher. [1]
In 1924 Khater became the editor of Al Bashir which he held until 1947 when the magazine folded. [1] He published many books most of which were about the history of Lebanon. [2] His book Ahd al-mutasarrifîn fi Lubnân 1861–1918 which was published in Beirut in 1967 is about the major political events in Lebanon in the period between 1861 and 1918. [3] He died in 1975. [1]