Murūwah, Kāmil, 1915-1966

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Murūwah, Kāmil, 1915-1966
Name (Arabic)
مروه، كامل
Other forms of name
Mrowa, Kamel, 1915-1966
مروة، كامل
Date of birth
1915
Date of death
1966
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 62352553
Wikidata: Q15284968
Library of congress: nr 89013584
Sources of Information
  • His Qul kalimataka wa-imshi, 1986-1988:v. 1, t.p. (Kāmil Murūwah) p. 2, 1st group, etc. (b. 1915, d. 1966; Lebanese journalist and founder/editor of the newspaper al-Ḥayāh; Kamel Mrowa [in rom.])
  • ספר: بيروت - برلين - بيروت, ١٩٩١.
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Wikipedia description:

Kamel Mrowa (Arabic: كامل مروّه, also spelled Mroue or Mroueh, 1915 – 16 May 1966) was a Lebanese publisher, journalist, writer and ideologue. He was the founder of the Lebanese Arabic daily Al-Hayat (Arabic الحياة, meaning "Life") in 1946, the Lebanese English-language newspaper, The Daily Star in 1952 and the French language Beyrouth Matin in 1959. His politics opposed military dictatorships which came to rule the Arab world in the 1950s and 1960s. He was killed by a gunman while checking the final proofs of the next day's issue of his paper.

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