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Saudi Arabian writer

Mahmoud El-Saadany
Born November 20, 1928

Kafr Al Qarinayn, Menofia Governorate, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Occupation(s) writer, journalist

Mahmoud El-Saadany, also transliterated as Mahmud Al-Saadani or al or el Saadani or Sa’dani (November 20, 1928 – May 4, 2010[1]) was an Egyptian satirical writer and journalist.[2] He is considered one of the pioneers of satirical writing in the Arab press.[3] 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,[4] 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.

He 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.

Early life and career[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ mlynxqualey (2010-05-05). “Egyptian Satirist Mahmoud Al-Saadani Dies”. ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  2. ^ Habashi, Fawzi (2020-08-10). Prisoner of All Generations: My Life in the Homeland. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-220858-8.
  3. ^ Manzalaoui, Mahmoud (1968). Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story. University of California Press.
  4. ^ Baker, Raymond William (2009-06-01). Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02045-0.
  5. ^ Vatikiotis, P. J. (2013-01-03). Egypt Since the Revolution (RLE Egypt). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-08709-8.
  6. ^ Authors, Various (2021-07-09). Routledge Library Editions: Egypt. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-15868-1.
  7. ^ el Kut, Dr. Abdel Kader (1955). On Contemporary Egyptian Literature (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt. pp. 161–169.
  8. ^ محمود, سعدني، (1998). مصر من تاني (in Arabic). دار أخبار اليوم،. ISBN 978-977-08-0731-6.
  9. ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd (1990). امريكا يا ويكا (in Arabic). دار الهلال،.
  10. ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd; محمود, سعدني، (1991). حمار من الشرق (in Arabic). دار اخبار اليوم – قطاع الثقافة. ISBN 978-977-08-0133-8.
  11. ^ السعدني, محمود; الشروق, دار (2016-03-09). مذكرات الولد الشقي (in Arabic). دار الشروق. ISBN 978-977-09-2870-7.
  12. ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd (1975). سلوكي في بلاد الافريكي (in Arabic). دار الكتاب العربي،.