Louis Sabunji | |
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Born | John Louis Sabunji 1838 |
Died | 1931 (aged 92–93) |
Occupation(s) | Catholic priest Journalist |
Years active | 1860s–1920s |
Known for | founder of Al Nahla |
Louis Sabunji (1838–1931) was a Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, including Al Nahla (Arabic: The Bee). He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut.
Sabunji was born in Diyarbakır in 1838. [1] His family were Syriac Catholic. [2] He had two brothers, Jurji and Daoud. [3]
Sabunji received education at the seminary in the Syriac Catholic Church in Mount Lebanon in 1850. [3] Then he attended the College of Pontifical Propaganda in Rome between 1853 and 1861 and received a PhD in theology. [1] [3] There he also learned photography. [3]
Following his graduation Sabunji became an ordained priest and was among the first Turkish and Latin instructors of the newly established Syrian Protestant College. [3] He established and headed a school named Al Madrasa Al Siriyaniyya (Arabic: the Syriac School) in 1864. [3] Then he began to work as a priest in Beirut where he launched a weekly journal entitled Al Nahla in 1870. [1] [2] In August 1871 Sabunji suspended his journalistic activity in Beirut due to his clash with Butrus Al Bustani, a Christian journalist, and traveled various countries until his return to Beirut in 1864. [1] Sabunji permanently left Beirut and settled in London in 1876 due to his anti-Ottoman political stance. [1]
In London Sabunji worked as the political editor of a publication entitled Mirat Al Ahwal which was launched by Rizk Allah Hassun on 19 October 1876. [1] Sabunji continued to publish Al Nahla in London from 1877. [2] He founded another weekly in London entitled Al Khalifa. [1] Sabunji became the professor of the Arabic language at the Imperial Institute in London in the late 1880s. [2]
Sabunji was the author of several unpublished manuscripts, including Diwan and his diary Yıldız Sarayında bir Papaz (Turkish: A Priest in Yıldız Palace). [3]
Sabunji settled in Egypt during World War I and then went to the United States where he lived in poverty. [3] In 1931, he was murdered by burglars in Los Angeles at age 93. [3]
Louis Sabunji | |
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Born | John Louis Sabunji 1838 |
Died | 1931 (aged 92–93) |
Occupation(s) | Catholic priest Journalist |
Years active | 1860s–1920s |
Known for | founder of Al Nahla |
Louis Sabunji (1838–1931) was a Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, including Al Nahla (Arabic: The Bee). He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut.
Sabunji was born in Diyarbakır in 1838. [1] His family were Syriac Catholic. [2] He had two brothers, Jurji and Daoud. [3]
Sabunji received education at the seminary in the Syriac Catholic Church in Mount Lebanon in 1850. [3] Then he attended the College of Pontifical Propaganda in Rome between 1853 and 1861 and received a PhD in theology. [1] [3] There he also learned photography. [3]
Following his graduation Sabunji became an ordained priest and was among the first Turkish and Latin instructors of the newly established Syrian Protestant College. [3] He established and headed a school named Al Madrasa Al Siriyaniyya (Arabic: the Syriac School) in 1864. [3] Then he began to work as a priest in Beirut where he launched a weekly journal entitled Al Nahla in 1870. [1] [2] In August 1871 Sabunji suspended his journalistic activity in Beirut due to his clash with Butrus Al Bustani, a Christian journalist, and traveled various countries until his return to Beirut in 1864. [1] Sabunji permanently left Beirut and settled in London in 1876 due to his anti-Ottoman political stance. [1]
In London Sabunji worked as the political editor of a publication entitled Mirat Al Ahwal which was launched by Rizk Allah Hassun on 19 October 1876. [1] Sabunji continued to publish Al Nahla in London from 1877. [2] He founded another weekly in London entitled Al Khalifa. [1] Sabunji became the professor of the Arabic language at the Imperial Institute in London in the late 1880s. [2]
Sabunji was the author of several unpublished manuscripts, including Diwan and his diary Yıldız Sarayında bir Papaz (Turkish: A Priest in Yıldız Palace). [3]
Sabunji settled in Egypt during World War I and then went to the United States where he lived in poverty. [3] In 1931, he was murdered by burglars in Los Angeles at age 93. [3]