# Louis Saboungi

> John Louis Sabunji was a Syriac Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, most significantly Al Nahla one of the first newspapers in Arabic based in London. Al Nahla was a monthly newspaper that contained anti-Ottoman propaganda directed at Muslims and inciting them to renounce the authority of the Ottoman ruler Abdulhamid II as a religious Caliph. Sabunji worked with American missionaries in Beirut and later converted to Islam. He also worked with the Anglican missionary George Percy Badger with whom he compiled an Arabic-English dictionary. He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut.

*Editor of "al-Ittiḥād al-ʿArabī" published in London*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1838-11-07
- **Died:** 1931-04-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Louis Sabunji was a Syriac Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, most significantly Al Nahla one of the first newspapers in Arabic based in London. Al Nahla was a monthly newspaper that contained anti-Ottoman propaganda directed at Muslims and inciting them to renounce the authority of the Ottoman ruler Abdulhamid II as a religious Caliph. Sabunji worked with American missionaries in Beirut and later converted to Islam. He also worked with the Anglican missionary George Percy Badger with whom he compiled an Arabic-English dictionary. He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Louis Sabunji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sabunji)
- [لويس صابونجي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A)
- [לואי סאבונג'י](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%99)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64729556)

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