Antun Saadeh - Activity in Emigration

Activity in Emigration

He was released from prison in late May 1937, then in November 1937, Saadeh founded Al-Nahdhah newspaper. Saadeh led the party until 1938, then for the second time, he left the country in order to establish party branches in the Lebanese emigration countries. Saadeh went to Brazil and founded the "New Syria" newspaper; soon after, he was arrested by the French colonial authorities and spent two month in prison. In 1939, at the outbreak of World War II, Saadeh moved to Argentina and remained there until 1947. In Argentina, Saadeh continued his activities. He founded Al-Zawba'a (The storm) newspaper and wrote "The Struggle of the Intellect in Syrian Literature", which was printed in Buenos Aires. In 1943, Saadeh married Juliette Al-Mir and had three daughters with her. The French colonial court sentenced him in absentia to twenty years of imprisonment.