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Mahmoud El-Saadany | |
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| 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 |
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]
- ^ 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.