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.
Mahmoud El-Saadany | |
|---|---|
| محمود عثمان إبراهيم السعدني | |
| Born | 20 November 1927 Kafr Al Qarinayn, Menofia Governorate, Egypt |
| Died | 4 May 2010 (aged 81) Giza |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | writer, journalist |
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]
Early life and career
editMahmoud 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]
Works
editEl-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- ^ 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.
- ^ Manzalaoui, Mahmoud (1968). Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story. University of California Press.
- ^ Baker, Raymond William (2009-06-01). Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02045-0.
- ^ mlynxqualey (2010-05-05). "Egyptian Satirist Mahmoud Al-Saadani Dies". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ Vatikiotis, P. J. (2013-01-03). Egypt Since the Revolution (RLE Egypt). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-08709-8.
- ^ Authors, Various (2021-07-09). Routledge Library Editions: Egypt. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-15868-1.
- ^ el Kut, Dr. Abdel Kader (1955). On Contemporary Egyptian Literature (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt. pp. 161–169.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ محمود, سعدني، (1998). مصر من تاني (in Arabic). دار أخبار اليوم،. ISBN 978-977-08-0731-6.
- ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd (1990). امريكا يا ويكا (in Arabic). دار الهلال،.
- ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd; محمود, سعدني، (1991). حمار من الشرق (in Arabic). دار اخبار اليوم – قطاع الثقافة. ISBN 978-977-08-0133-8.
- ^ السعدني, محمود; الشروق, دار (2016-03-09). مذكرات الولد الشقي (in Arabic). دار الشروق. ISBN 978-977-09-2870-7.
- ^ Saʻdanī, Maḥmūd (1975). سلوكي في بلاد الافريكي (in Arabic). دار الكتاب العربي،.