Adib Isaac Books

Adeeb Ishaq: a writer and translator, of Syrian origin, who spent many years of his life in Egypt; Where he devoted himself to journalistic and literary work, writing in many Egyptian newspapers such as “Al-Takadum”, “Misr” and “The Trade”. He also translated and translated many French novels, and wrote some Arabic novels. He met Mr. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and was greatly influenced by him, as he taught some lessons in the arts, sciences, philosophy and logic. Adib supported the Urabi revolution in its infancy, then turned against it and attacked it. Adeeb was born in Damascus in 1856 AD into a Catholic family of Armenian origin, and his father enrolled him in the “Lazarite Fathers” school; Where he studied and mastered French and Arabic. His literary talent was evident from an early age. He began writing poetry at the age of ten, but left school at the age of eleven to help his family in an economic crisis; He worked in several government jobs that required knowledge of the Turkish language besides Arabic, so he mastered it to quickly rise to distinction in Turkish. He left his job and devote himself to writing and journalism; He edited the newspaper “Al Taqaddum” and wrote the book “Nuzha al-Ahdaq fi Mi’raa’ al-Ashaq” and a novel he called “The Oddities of the Agreement”, but it was lost. The Belle" for "Counte Dash". These works were presented to the theaters of Alexandria; The cultural capital of Egypt at that time. Adeeb traveled to France after attacking the Egyptian Prime Minister, Riyad Pasha, to publish from there the newspaper “Al-Qahirah”. Where he continued to publish the newspaper «Egypt». With the events of the Urabi Revolution and the intensification of the fighting, he migrated to Beirut again, and was credited with the Urabis, but then attacked the Urabi Revolution for its bias against foreigners residing in Egypt. Adeeb died at an early age in 1885 from a disease in his chest, and he was twenty-nine years old at the time.