Salloum Antoun Mokarzel (1881–1952) was an influential Lebanese American intellectual and publisher.
He was the younger brother of
Naoum Mokarzel who was the founder of ''
Al-Hoda'', one of the first Arabic language newspapers published in the United States.
Between December 1918 and June 1926, he published and edited "The Syrian-American Commercial Magazine" ("المجلة التجارية السورية الأمريكية"), also known as "The New World" ("العالم الجديد"). In 1926, he founded and published ''
The Syrian World'', a magazine that published articles on the history and culture of the
region of Syria, which at the time consisted of and referred to the modern day states and territories of
Syria
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Lebanon
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Jordan
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Palestine
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[ After ''The Syrian World'' ceased publication as a magazine in 1932, Salloum converted the publication to a weekly newspaper.]
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1881 births
1952 deaths
American people of Lebanese descent
American publishers (people)
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States
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