Salim Al Bustani (1848–1884) was a Lebanese journalist, novelist and political figure who edited many publications with his father Butrus.

[4] Salim resigned from the post 1871 and began to work as an administrator of the National School founded by his father.

[2] He died of heart attack at age 35 in the summer house of his father-in-law in Bouarij, Zahlé, on 19 September 1884.

[2] Salim was the author of the following historical novels: Al-Huyām fī jinān al-shām (1870; Arabic: Passion in Syrian Gardens), Zanubiya (1871) and Budur (1872).

[1][10] The first one which is about the conquest of Syria by Muslims in the 7th century and was serialized in Al Jinan[10] was one of the earliest novels in Arabic.

[5] Therefore, he focused on the following topics: division between religion and state and the establishment of a national bond without depending on religious sects and communal groups.