Al-Hoda

'The Guidance') was a daily Arabic-language newspaper in New York City.

It was founded in Philadelphia as a bi-weekly by Naoum Anthony Mokarzel, a young Maronite Lebanese man with an interest in journalism.

The paper's offices moved to New York City in 1902, where it became a daily, beginning on August 25.

[3] Mokarzel remained the paper's owner and chief editor until his death in 1932.

[1] Salloum Mokarzel also founded The Syrian World—a journal that published articles on the history and culture of Syria.

Copy of the cover page of the first issue of "Al-Hoda"