Folio. Set is in contemporary hard back binding, some rubbing, browned paper, Beirut-1886-1975. The set is not complete, full list of contents as follow: Volume VI, 1883, Issues Nos: 542, 545, 546, 549, 550, 554, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560, 561, 562, 569, 572, 576, 577, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 601, 603, 604, 606, 608, 616 / Volume VII, 1884, Issues Nos: 338, 641, 642, 643, 644, 646, 654, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 762, 673 / Volumes covering the years: 1960-1961, 1962-1963, 1964-1965, 1966-1967, 1968-1969, 1970-1971, 1972-1973, 1974-1975.

Synopsis

Lisan al-Hal, a Lebanese Arabic language daily newspaper, was one of the oldest Lebanese newspapers established by Khalil Sarkis in 1877. The paper was censored several times during the Ottoman era and ceased publication during the Lebanese Civil War in the 1970s.
Khalil Khattar Sarkis (1842-1915) was an eminent figure in late Ottoman Beirut and an important contributor to the Nahda, the Arab Literary Cultural ‘Awakening’ that began in the latter part of the 19th century. More than a journalist, Sarkis was a pioneering printer, a prolific publisher and the author of nine books. In the last quarter of the 19th century, he built one of Beirut’s largest printing businesses ‘Al Addabiyya’, which turned out several journals, hundreds of books and numerous publications. [Jstor/stable/40206008].
Khalil Khattar Sarkis continued as editor until his death in 1915, his son Ramez Khalil Sarkis took over the task until 1941 when he was elected as a Lebanese Member of Parliament in Beirut and was appointed as minister of education.