Fares 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, Ottoman Empire. He hailed from a Protestant family. His father was killed in the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon, and he moved with his mother to Beirut, then to Jerusalem. They returned to Hasbaya in 1868. and worked at the newly created Lee Observatory under Doctor Cornelius Van Dyck, before becoming the observatory manager himself. There he taught chemistry, and one of his pupils was Ilyas Matar. he was a member of the free mason organization.

In 1889, Nimr founded Al Muqattam, an Arabic, Cairo-based daily newspaper with Yaacoub Sarrouf and Shahin Makaryus.

Personal life and death One of Nimr's daughters, Katie, married George Antonius, an author and historian. British diplomat Sir Walter Smart married his another daughter, Amy. Nimr's sister, Maryam, married Shahin Makariyus who was a merchant and the founder of a magazine entitled Al Lataif.

Nimr died in 1951.