Al-Hoda
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Al-Hoda New York City
's leading daily Arab-language newspaper, was founded in Philadelphia as a bi-weekly by Naoum Anthony Mokarzel, a young Lebanese
with an interest in journalism. Its first issue came out on February 22, 1898. The paper's offices moved to New York City in 1902, where it became a daily, beginning on August 25. This was the first daily Arabic newspaper in the United States. Mokarzel remained the paper's owner and chief editor until his death in 1932.
New York City
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's leading daily Arab-language newspaper, was founded in Philadelphia as a bi-weekly by Naoum Anthony Mokarzel, a young Lebanese
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
with an interest in journalism. Its first issue came out on February 22, 1898. The paper's offices moved to New York City in 1902, where it became a daily, beginning on August 25. This was the first daily Arabic newspaper in the United States. Mokarzel remained the paper's owner and chief editor until his death in 1932.