(1925 – 1984 AD = 1343 – 1404 AH)

Adib ibn Milhem ibn Ibrahim Al-Bustani was a Maronite author and journalist. He was born in the village of Dibdiyeh in the Chouf District in Lebanon. He studied at Ain Waraqa School and received his diploma in journalism from the School of Journalism in Cairo. He worked as a teacher at several schools throughout Lebanon as well as at the Orthodox Secondary School in Hums, Syria. He edited and headed many newspapers, including “Hums.” He published numerous articles and research works in newspapers such as the “Echo of the South” Lebanese newspaper and the “Accidents” paper of Aleppo. Among his remnants are “In the Vastness of Poetry” and “Archbishop Abifanous Za’id.”