Mahmoud El-Saadany | |
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محمود عثمان إبراهيم السعدني | |
Born | Kafr Al Qarinayn, Menofia Governorate, Egypt | 20 November 1927
Died | 4 May 2010 Giza | (aged 81)
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation(s) | writer, journalist |
Mahmoud El-Saadany, also transliterated as Mahmud Al-Saadani or al or el Saadani or Sa'dani (20 November 1927 – 4 May 2010) was an Egyptian satirical writer and journalist. [1] He is considered one of the pioneers of satirical writing in the Arab press. [2] He is the older brother of the actor Salah El-Saadany. He participated in editing and founding a large number of Arab newspapers and magazines in Egypt and abroad. He headed the editorship of Sabah Al-Khair, an Egyptian magazine in the sixties. As a Nassirist, [3] he also participated in political life during the reign of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and was imprisoned during the reign of Anwar Sadat after he was convicted of participating in a coup attempt.
El-Saadany issued and headed the editorship of the July 23 magazine in his exile in London. He returned to Egypt from his self-imposed exile in 1982 after the assassination of Sadat and was received by President Mubarak. He had relations with a number of Arab rulers such as Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein. He retired from journalism and public life in 2006 due to illness, and died in Giza on 4 May 2010, at the age of 81. [4]
Mahmoud Othman Ibrahim El-Saadany grew up in the Giza district of Greater Cairo. At the beginning of his journalistic career, he worked in a number of small newspapers and magazines that were published on Muhammad Ali Street in Cairo, after which he worked in the "Al-Kashkul" magazine, which was published by Mamoun Al-Shinnawi until its closure. Then he worked as a freelancer for some newspapers, such as Al-Masry newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Wafd Party. He also worked at Dar Al-Hilal. He also published, along with the cartoonist Toghan, a comic magazine that was shut down after a few issues. [5] [6]
El-Saadany's works were all in Arabic. In his books, he mainly used literary Arabic blended with Egyptian colloquialism as well of many satirical expressions he coined himself. [7]
As of the end of 2022, none of his works were known to be published in any language other than Arabic. His books include:
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