Lahad Khater

Khater was born in Rwayset el Naamen, a village in Aley district, on 1 March 1881.^[1] Following his graduation from Al Hikme high school in Beirut he began to work as a teacher.^[1] Later he joined Saint Joseph University and Al Farir College.^[1] He established a school in his village where he was a teacher.^[1]

In 1924, Khater became the editor of Al-Bashir which he held until 1947 when the magazine folded.^[1] He published many books most of which were about the history of Lebanon.^[2] His book Ahd al-mutasarrifîn fi Lubnân 1861–1918 which was published in Beirut in 1967 is about the major political events in Lebanon in the period between 1861 and 1918.^[3] He died in 1975.^[1]