# Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

> Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq was an Ottoman scholar, writer and journalist who grew up in what is now present-day Lebanon. A Maronite Christian by birth, he later lived in major cities of the Arabic-speaking world, where he had his career. He converted to Protestantism during the nearly two decades that he lived and worked in Cairo, present-day Egypt, from 1825 to 1848. He also spent time on the island of Malta. In 1857, with Evangelist American missionaries, he participated in the publishing of a novel Protestant Arabic translation of the Bible in Great Britain where Faris lived and worked for 7 years, becoming a British citizen. He next moved to Paris, France, for two years in the early 1850s, where he wrote and published some of his most important work.

*Linguist, writer, journalist, translator*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1802
- **Died:** 1887-09-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Шидийяк, Ахмед](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8F%D0%BA%2C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4)
- [أحمد فارس الشدياق](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82)
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