Syrian–Mount Lebanon Relief Committee

The Syrian–Mount Lebanon Relief Committee (Arabic: لجنة إعانة المنكوبين في سوريا ولبنان, romanized: lajnat ināʿat al-mankūbīn fī sūriyā wa-lubnān) was an organization "formed in June of 1916 under the chairmanship of Najib Maalouf and the Assistant Chairmanship of Ameen Rihani"^[1] in the United States. Kahlil Gibran was its secretary.^[2] Its offices were at 55 Broadway, New York.^[3] It aimed at working in cooperation with the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief,^[4] and raised "some $165,815 in two and a half years from about 15,000 Syrian subscribers in America."^[5]

See also

• Great Famine of Mount Lebanon