Yaqub Sarruf (, 1852–1927) was a pioneering Lebanese writer, publisher, and translator. Sarruf was born in

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. His father sent him to the American School in

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, then to the

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where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in 1870. He later obtained a PhD from

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. After his graduation he assumed the presidency of the American Schools in

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and

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. In 1876, he founded the monthly popular science magazine '' Al-Muqtataf'' with

Faris Nimr Faris Nimr (; 1856–1951), was a pioneer Lebanese journalist and intellectual. He cofounded ''Al Muqattam'', an Arabic, Cairo-based newspaper. Early life and education Nimr was born in 1856 in Hasbaya, Lebanon. He hailed from a Protestant family ...

in Beirut. He moved to Cairo in late 1884 where he continued publishing the magazine until his death in 1927.مُعرِّف VcBA لمكتبة الفاتيكان: https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?p=8034&url_prefix=https://opac.vatlib.it/auth/detail/&id=495/128584 — باسم: Yaʻqūb Ṣarrūf Sarruf and Nimr were nominated for two of SPC’s first honorary degrees in 1890, but they declined to attend the ceremony.

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