Yaqub Sanu | |
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| Born | January 9, 1839 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 1912 Paris, France |
| Other names | James Sanua, Abu Naddara |
Yaqub Sanu (Arabic: يعقوب صنوع, ALA-LC: Yaʻqūb Ṣanūʻ, anglicized as James Sanua), also known by his pen name "Abu Naddara" (Arabic: أبو نظارة Abū Naẓẓārah "the man with glasses";[1] January 9, 1839 – 1912), was an Egyptian Jewish journalist, nationalist activist and playwright.[2] He was also a polyglot, writing in French, English, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and Italian as well as both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
- ^ Sadgrove, Philip (1996). The Egyptian Theatre in the Nineteenth Century: 1799-1882. Ithaca Press. ISBN 9780863722028.
- ^ "Heroes – Trailblazers of the Jewish People". Beit Hatfutsot.