Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932) was a writer and translator from Damascus. Born in Damascus in 1856, Joseph was a writer, translator, and bibliographer, he was also known for his activity as a bookseller-publisher in Cairo, where he settled in 1912. He pursued his literary activity alongside a banking profession, as he worked for nearly 35 years as an employee at the Ottoman Imperial Bank in the branches of Beirut, Damascus, Cyprus, Ankara, and Constantinople. File:Dictionnaire_encyclopédique.jpg, left, ''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Arabic Bibliography'', Published by J.E. Sarkis File:Der_Winter_auf_Spitzbergen_-_Riwayat_Asi_wa_Chagaan.jpg, left, ''Les naufragés de Spitzberg'', by Louis Friedel, translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis File:Joseph_Elian_Sarkis_-_Voyage_à_bord_d’un_dirigeable_Jules_Vernes.jpg, Five Weeks in a Balloon novel by

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis

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