Kamel Mrowa

Kamel Mrowa (in Arabic كامل مروّه pronounced Kaamel Mruwweh) (born in Lebanon in 1915 - died in Beirut, Lebanon on 16 May 1966) was an influential Lebanese publisher, journalist, writer and ideologue. He is the founder of the Lebanese Arabic daily Al-Hayat (in Arabic الحياة meaning Life) starting 28 January 1946, the Lebanese English-language newspaper, The Daily Star starting 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 he was checking the final proofs of the next day's issue of his paper.

Mrowa was born in Zrarieh, in South Lebanon to Jamil Mrowa, a prominent Lebanese expatriate to Mexico and originating from the Arab Hamdan family. His family established trade in South Lebanon and did not return to Mexico. His father died in 1925, when Kamel was just 11 years old. Kamel Mrowa studied in the Makassed Elementary School in Saida, and then in American Arts School in Saida for his secondary education. While in school, he became editor in chief of the art school's publication Thamarat al Founoun (in Arabic ثمرة الفنون), where he published his first writings. After graduation he worked for a while as an instructor at College Ameliyyah, a prominent educational institution teaching history and geography.

After a year, he joined in 1933 (18 years of age) the then prominent Lebanese daily An Nida (in Arabic النداء). In 1935 he moved to another important daily An-Nahar (in Arabic النهار). Rashid Beydoun, the influential president of the Ameliyyah Association sent him as an envoy to Africa, for collecting donations for the association from wealthy Lebanese expatriates particularly in West Africa. He kept diaries and journals publishing them as "Maqalat wa yawmiyat" (in Arabic مقالات و يوميّات, meaning "Articles and Daily Journals") in An Nahar and in separate books Nahnou fi Afriqya ("We, in Africa"), Setta fi Tayyara (in Arabic ستّة في طيّارة, meaning "Six in an airplane"). He also filed dispatches to international newspapers and periodicals.

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