# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salim-al-bustani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:28:58.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salim-al-bustani"
name: "Salim al-Bustani"
slug: "salim-al-bustani"
description: "Salim al-Bustani was a Lebanese journalist, novelist and political figure who edited many publications with his father Butrus. He is known for being the pioneer of the genre of historical novel in Arabic."
tagline: "Lebanese journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salim_al-Bustani_-_Al-Alam%2C_V_3%2C_P_174.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1848"
deathDate: "1884"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.94
  momentum:             16.13095238095238
  historical:           5.273398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_al-Bustani"
    title: "Salim al-Bustani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "سليم البستاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C9%99lim_Bustani"
    title: "Səlim Bustani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_al-Bustoniy"
    title: "Salim al-Bustoniy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB"
    title: "Սալիմ ալ-Բուսթանի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Бустани, Салим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16119737"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump