نجيب الحداد

نجيب الحداد

1867 CE · 1284 AH† – 1899 CE · 1317 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Najib al-Haddad (1867–1899 CE) — the Beiruti journalist who spent a decade at Cairo's al-Ahram translating French novels, among them a Salah al-Din romance 1.

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Roles
writer
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
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Overview

Najib ibn Sulayman al-Haddad (1867–1899 CE) was a journalist and writer. He was born in Beirut and died in Cairo. 2

His work

He moved to Cairo and wrote for about ten years for the newspaper «al-Ahram». 2

He published many novels, most of them translated from French, among them «Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi», «Shuhada al-Gharam», «Hadan», «al-Sayyid» and «Ghusn al-Ban». 2

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli, tarjama
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “نجيب الحداد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/najib-al-haddad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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