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James Sanua, known as Abou Naddara, more properly Ya'qub Rufa'il Sanu' (1839-1912)
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James Sanua, known as Abou Naddara, more properly Ya'qub Rufa'il Sanu' (1839-1912)
Abou-Naddara [Organe de la Jeunesse d'Egypte]. Paris: 1880-82. A run of 41 issues, 4° (270 x 216mm), comprising: Le Flûtiste, nos. 1-3, each of 2 leaves, 4 June-20 June 1880, in Arabic; La Clarinette (Aby Zammara), nos. 1-3, each of 2 leaves, 12 July-27 August 1880, in Arabic; Le Charmeur (Al-Hawi), nos. 1-4, each of 2 leaves, 5 February-25 March 1881, in Arabic; Abou Naddara 5è année [1881], nos. 1-15, each of 2 leaves except nos. 6, 7 and 8 each of 4 leaves, in Arabic; Abou Naddara - Abou Naddara Zarka 6è année [1882], nos. 1-16, each of 2 leaves, in Arabic, nos. 8-16 including translations in French.
Coming from a family of Sephardic Jews, and partly educated in Italy, James Sanua, known as Abou Naddara ('father of spectacles'), became one of the major intellectual figures in late 19th-century Egypt. A sharp political commentator and a great renovator of Arabic drama, he founded the satirical magazine Abou Naddara in 1877. Although it was quickly suppressed and its author banned, Abou Naddara enjoyed great popularity and its circulation was considerable though it was by nature ephemeral. This rare set is a complete run issued between 1880 and 1882, reproduced lithographically from original drawings and handwriting in both Arabic and French. This was the first Arabic magazine to feature cartoons, the captions for these being given in French and Arabic, as well as being the first to use in the press a form of colloquial Arabic -- a language radically different from the literary form.
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Abou-Naddara [Organe de la Jeunesse d'Egypte]. Paris: 1880-82. A run of 41 issues, 4° (270 x 216mm), comprising: Le Flûtiste, nos. 1-3, each of 2 leaves, 4 June-20 June 1880, in Arabic; La Clarinette (Aby Zammara), nos. 1-3, each of 2 leaves, 12 July-27 August 1880, in Arabic; Le Charmeur (Al-Hawi), nos. 1-4, each of 2 leaves, 5 February-25 March 1881, in Arabic; Abou Naddara 5è année [1881], nos. 1-15, each of 2 leaves except nos. 6, 7 and 8 each of 4 leaves, in Arabic; Abou Naddara - Abou Naddara Zarka 6è année [1882], nos. 1-16, each of 2 leaves, in Arabic, nos. 8-16 including translations in French.
Coming from a family of Sephardic Jews, and partly educated in Italy, James Sanua, known as Abou Naddara ('father of spectacles'), became one of the major intellectual figures in late 19th-century Egypt. A sharp political commentator and a great renovator of Arabic drama, he founded the satirical magazine Abou Naddara in 1877. Although it was quickly suppressed and its author banned, Abou Naddara enjoyed great popularity and its circulation was considerable though it was by nature ephemeral. This rare set is a complete run issued between 1880 and 1882, reproduced lithographically from original drawings and handwriting in both Arabic and French. This was the first Arabic magazine to feature cartoons, the captions for these being given in French and Arabic, as well as being the first to use in the press a form of colloquial Arabic -- a language radically different from the literary form.
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