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Jurji Zaydan
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1861 – 1914
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Who was Jurji Zaydan?
Jurji Zaydan was a prolific Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher most noted for his creation of the journal al-Hilal, which he used to serialize his 23 historical novels.
His primary goal as a writer and intellectual during the Nahda was to imbue the common Arabic population with knowledge of their own history through the entertaining medium of the novel and enjoyed a widespread popularity that remains today.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1861
Beirut - Also known as
- Jirjī Zaydān
- Education
- American University of Beirut
- Died
- 1914
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on July 23, 2013
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