Muhammad Abdullah Malibari (Arabic: محمد عبد الله مليباري ) was a Saudi writer, storyteller, journalist and critic, who is considered as one of the pioneers of journalism and story in the Kingdom. Along with Fouad Angawi he founded ''Al Riyada'' (Sports), the first sports newspaper in the history of

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. He was born in 1931 in Makkah and studied Islamic Law in the Islamic College,

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, India in 1972,

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and Madrasa al Falah in Makkah. His family belongs to Hadhramaut of Yemen and to Malabar of

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Career

In the beginning of his journalistic career, he worked with newspapers like ''Bilad'', ''Al-Nadwa'' and ''Quraish'' in Saudi Arabia. Later on, along with Fouad Angawi he founded ''Al Riyada'' newspaper.

Historiography

Malibari contributed with his pen and tongue over more than thirty years of his life in writing many diverse articles in Saudi newspapers and his numerous participation in cultural platforms such as literary, critical and historical lectures. He also had a large share of articles in the field of literary criticism from the Islamic point of view. Malibari was passionate about Arab and Islamic history, and in particular the history of Makkah, as he has a book titled ''Al-Muntaqa min Akhbar Umm Al-Qura'' (Selected Matters of Umm Al-Qura) in which he collected historical chapters about the region from the pre-Islamic era until the present day. These chapters contain massive information and important historical texts. He wrote another book titled ''Seventeen men from the companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace'' (سبعة عشر رجلاً من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم). In it, he explained the virtues of these honorable companions, their moral traits, their good conduct and the quality of their companionship to the Messenger of Islam

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, among them Abdullah bin Abbas, Abdullah bin Masoud, Abdullah bin Omar, Abdullah bin Zubair and others. He also penned a book ''Orientalists and Islamic Studies''. Abdul Quddus Al-Ansari, editor-in-chief of Al-Manhal magazine, said that Malibari had a book entitled "Our Great World" which was then under printing.

Literary works

Malibari penned a number of stories in Arabic. * With Luck (مع الحظ) * And the Sun Sets (وغربت الشمس) * The Devil Killer (قاتلة الشيطان)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malibari, Abdullah 1931 births Saudi Arabian journalists 1991 deaths Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah alumni