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James Heyworth-Dunne

جيمس هيورث دن

Notable figure 1902–1974 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 536; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 1101 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record: Heyworth-Dunne, James (1902-1974)

Field: Text editing

Affiliation

Editor of al-Suli's Kitab al-Awraq (1934–1936)

Biography

A London graduate, he lived in Egypt, where he mastered its colloquial, and then taught Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. From al-Suli's Kitab al-Awraq he edited three parts: Akhbar al-shuʿaraʾ al-muhdathin (1934), Akhbar al-Radi billah wa-l-Muttaqi lillah (1935) and Ashʿar awlad al-khulafaʾ wa-akhbaruhum (1936), all printed in Egypt. With Muhammad Mahmud Jumʿa he wrote a book on colloquial Egyptian Arabic (London, 1935), and he wrote on eighteenth-century Arabic literature in Egypt and on the cries of Cairo street vendors.