Rachid Nakhle (Arabic: رشيد نخلة ;February 1873-1939) was a Lebanese poet, writer and journalist born in the village of Barouk in the district of Mount Lebanon.
[1] Nakhle began his journalistic career by founding the newspaper Al-Sha'ab in Ain Zhalta on September 28, 1912, while residing in Nabaa al-Safa.
He authored a collection of works spanning poetry, verse, memoirs, history, criticism, literature, sociology, letters, and politics.
This name was chosen based on what Wali al-Din Yakan said about Rashid Nakhle in his book 'Afw al-Khater (p. 97, 1955 edition), where he referred to him as a celestial poet.
In Zajal poetry: "Muhsin al-Hazzan" (a novel), first published in Beirut in 1936, then printed in Brazil in 1940, and later in Sidon with an undated edition, and in Damascus under the name "Hind bint Jafeel."