Al-Machriq
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Al-Machriq is a journal edited by the Catholic fathers of St. Joseph University in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

. Subtitle is Revue Catholique Orientale. Sciences, Lettres, Arts. It was founded in 1898 by Louis Cheikhô
Louis Cheikhô
Louis Cheikhô, or Sheikho, , born Rizqallâh Cheikhô was an ethnic Assyrian Orientalist and Theologian. He is considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the Eastern Rite Christian heritage.-Biography:...

, and had run through 72 volumes by 1998.

The term 'al-Machriq' means 'the East'.
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