La Revue Phénicienne

The major figures who were affiliated with the Revue included Michel Chiha, Alfred Naqqache, Fuad Al Khoury and Jacques Tabet.^[3] They were Francophile writers, businessmen, lawyers and administrators.^[1] Charles Corm published many articles in the Revue under different pseudonyms.^[1] Another contributor was Bulus Nujaym, a Maronite from Jounieh.^[4] They all supported the idea of the Greater Lebanon, and Michel Chiha was the ideologue of this approach.^[5]

The Revue promoted the Phoenicianism which was considered to be the origin of the Lebanese people's cultural and national identity and also, the model for the Lebanese service economy.^[3] The journal was also a supporter of the establishment of the Greater Syria and had a clear anti-Arab political stance.^[1] However, Bulus Nujaym was an ardent supporter of the establishment of the Greater Lebanon dissociated from Syria.^[4] The articles featured in the Revue were concerned with the socio-political, economic and historical topics related to Syria and Lebanon.^[1] It also contained essays on literature.^[2] The Revue focused on the economy of Lebanon which was cited as the reason for the need to establish the Greater Syria.^[4]