Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī (; died 1930) was an Egyptian author and journalist of the

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. He edited and published '' Fatra Min az-Zamān'', a serialized literary work of social and political satire, compiled and published as a book entitled '' Hadith Isa bin Hisham'' in 1907.

Biography

He was born into a family of silk merchants. He was arrested for distributing a political leaflet authored by his father, Ibrāhīm al-Muwayliḥī in the period before the

ʻUrabi revolt The ʻUrabi revolt, also known as the ʻUrabi Revolution ( ar, الثورة العرابية), was a nationalist uprising in Egypt from 1879 to 1882. It was led by and named for Colonel Ahmed ʻUrabi (also spelled Orabi and Arabi) and sought to d ...

. Although he was originally sentenced to death, his sentence was commuted; he was exiled and went to Italy to join his father. The two went to Paris in 1884 and helped Jamāl ad-Dīn al-Afghānī and

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with the publication of the anti-colonial Islamic revolutionary journal '' al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā.'' The Muwayliḥīs were expelled from France following the fourth issue of their newspaper ''al-Ittiḥād'', which was sharply critical of the Ottoman sultan.'''' After a brief time in London, they were invited to Istanbul and moved there in 1885.'''' With access to the Fāṭih library, Muḥammad had access to important works of Arabic literature and transcribed a number of them, including works of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī—his favorite poet.'''' In 1887, Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī returned to Egypt. He wrote for ''

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'' under a number of pseudonyms.'''' He met the Englishman

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and gained access to the circle of Princess Nāzlī Fāḍil which included

, Saʿd Zaghlūl, Aḥmad Fatḥī Zaghlūl, Qāsim Amīn, Muṣṭafā Fahmī, , and Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm.'''' The newspaper ''Miṣbāḥ al-sharq'' (“Lamp of the east”), edited by Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī and his father Ibrāhīm, was launched on April 14, 1898.'''' In this newspaper, Muḥammad published '' Fatra Min az-Zamān,'' a serialized literary work of social and political satire.''''

Works

Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, ''al-Aʿmāl al-kāmila'' (“Complete works”), 2 vols., ed. Roger Allen, Cairo 2002.'''' Translations Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, ''A period of time'', trans. Roger Allen, Reading 1992'''' Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, ''What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām told us'', trans. Roger Allen, 2 vols., New York 2015.''''

References

{{reflist 19th-century births 1930 deaths Year of birth unknown Nahda 19th-century Egyptian writers Egyptian journalists