Lokman Mohsen Slim (Arabic: لقمان محسن سليم), born 1962, is a Lebanese publisher and independent social and political activist, who lives and works in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Greater Beirut, South Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley. He is also an internationally recognized commentator on Lebanese and Middle East politics.Lokman Slim was born in Haret Hreik (Near Beirut) in 1962, where he lived until moving to France in 1982 to study philosophy at the Sorbonne. He returned to Beirut in 1988. Two years later, he founded Dar al Jadeed Publishing House, which publishes Arabic literature and essays of controversial content. Its publications range from books banned by the Lebanese General Security to the first Arabic translations of the writings of Muhammad Khatami, the former Iranian reformist president, which generated controversy within the Shia community in Lebanon. Several of Slim's articles, essays, and translations have been published in English, French, and Arabic newspapers and books. Wikipedia
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