Farid Elias Nazha (Syriac: ܦܪܝܕ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܢܙܗܝ,[1] pronounced [fɑriːd nɑzhe]; 10 January 1894 in Hama, Syria – 19 October 1970)[2] was an Assyrian Nationalist and a journalist.

[3] Farid was born on 10 January 1894 to a family that traces its roots back to Kharput in modern-day Turkey.

[3] Influenced by Naum Faiq's writing, Nazha established a Syriac cultural club, the "Ephremic Society", in 1934.

[3] The newspaper was initially aimed at the Assyrian/Syriac immigrants in Argentina, but its popularity grew as Assyrian journalists from other parts of the world started contributing to it.

Nazha himself had a permanent column in the newspaper and he often attacked the clergy in what he saw as "consecration of separation" of different Syriac Churches.