although most lebanese authors at the time wrote in arabic, corm mostly wrote in french. one of his main intellectual contributions is la revue phénicienne, a publication he founded in july 1919 in which many writers such as khalil gibran, michel chiha and said akl took part and which inspired lebanon's independence. rushdy maalouf, the father of académie française member and francophone novelist amin maalouf, wrote: "charles was the first one to show us how to love lebanon, how to chant and rhapsodize lebanon, how to vaunt and defend lebanon, and how to become master-builders of this lebanon."