Saad (Yaakov) Malki (; 30 December 1898 – 20 May 1988) was an

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Jewish educator, journalist, and Zionist.

Life and career

Saad Malki was born in Cairo. He began his career in journalism after the

Balfour Declaration The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman regio ...

, when he published articles in

Al-Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' (; ), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second-oldest after '' Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian governm ...

. and

Al Muqattam ''Al Muqattam'' () was a newspaper which was published in Cairo, Egypt, between 1888 and 1952. It was one of the leading papers until its closure by the Egyptian government in 1954. The title of the paper was a reference to a range of hills outs ...

in support of

Zionism Zionism is an Ethnic nationalism, ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in History of Europe#From revolution to imperialism (1789–1914), Europe in the late 19th century that aimed to establish and maintain a national home for the ...

, Jewish-Arab unity, and in defense of the rights of Jews in Egypt. From 1924 he began working as the editor of the Arabic edition of the Egyptian news paper ''Israël''. In 1934 Malki established the Arabic language Jewish weekly ''Ash-Shams'', which continued operating until it was shut down by Egyptian authorities in 1948. Shortly after, he emigrated to Israel, where he began working as a translator and editor for the government newspaper ''

Reshumot ''Reshumot'' (Hebrew: ''רשומות'') is the law gazette of record for the State of Israel, in which official records and laws are published. Originally called ''Iton Rishmi'' (Official Gazette in Hebrew), its name was changed in the 1949 Tran ...

''.

References

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