Souria al-Jadida / The New Syria, 1939-1941. THREE VOLUMES - COMPLETE SET. سورية الجديدة

A rare complete facsimile set of the original newspaper published in the city of São Paulo by the Bunduqi brothers, a Syrian emigrant family and Antun Saadeh, the founder of The Syrian Social Nationalist Party, who arrived Brazil in 1939 from Lebanon.
The terms of agreement between Saadeh and the Bunduqi brothers were that the latter would finance the printing of the paper, while Saadeh with members of his party would provide editorial stewardship, content generation, and promotion.
The newspaper adhered to the party line and Saadeh was supervising its editorial from his exile in Argentina. Later the agreement between the two sides was suspended by Saadeh, after the publication of propaganda material in favour of German war efforts. In August 1941, the newspaper was suspended due to the decision of the Brazilian government to stop all foreign language publications.
The importance of this newspaper is in the articles written by Saadeh in its early issues and his opinion regarding the Second World War and the fate of Syria after the end of the war.