Daily Star

The Daily Star is a pan-Middle East English language newspaper edited in Beirut and published alongside the International Herald Tribune. It was founded in 1952 by Kamel Mrowa, the publisher of the Arabic daily Al-Hayat to serve the growing number of expatriates brought by the oil industry. First circulating in Lebanon, and then expanding throughout the region, it not only relayed news about foreign workers’ home countries, but also served to keep them informed about the region. By the 1960s it was the leading English language newspaper in the Middle East.

Vitals
Type:
Daily Newspaper
Format:
Broadsheet
Owner:
Jamil Mroue
Web site:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb