[Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News] An Arab Zionist from 1913

Elias el-Ayoubi was born in Acre in 1874.

He moved to Egypt where he was appointed the Director of the Department of Translation in the Senate.

Egypt held a competition for who could write the best history of Egypt under Ismail Pasha (ruled 1863-1879) and Elias won with a two part book "The history of Egypt during the Reign of Khedive Ismail." That book ended up being used as a textbook in Egyptian schools.

Ayoubi died in Egypt in 1927.

He also wrote a history of Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

But one early work of his seems to be nearly lost to history.

In 1913, Ayoubi wrote a book called "Voice of Freedom: In defense of the Jewish Nation."

I can only find a single copy of this book, in the Iraqi National Library. (His other two books are at the University of Chicago Library and elsewhere.)

Most biographies of him nowadays do not mention this obviously Zionist book.

Maybe some researcher can track down and translate a copy.  It may be very illuminating.



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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News at 3/13/2015 10:00:00 AM