A Scholar from Beirut - Glimpses of his life and some of his writings. A biography of the esteemed Lebanese poet, writer, scholar, journalist, jurist, educator...Sheikh Ibn Sallam (1288/1871 - 1360/1941). Includes the text of his book «Dafʻ al-Awhama bi Qalam ibn Sallam» (1899, a linguistic response to Ibrahim Yazigi's 'The Language of Newspapers'). The Sheikh writes about his birth and upbringing, wives and offspring, elders and students, his writings and works, and news about him. Collected and penned by his son who followed in the same scholarly pursuit as his father.