Talk:Abdul Raheem Glailati

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Name[edit]

Abdul Raheem's correct last name was "Glailati", not "Glaiati". See El-Nour, Eiman (1997) "The Development of Contemporary Literature in Sudan" Research in African Literatures Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 150-162, p. 151. --Bejnar (talk) 05:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative spellings of his name:

Abd el-Rahim,
Abdel Rahim,
'Abd al-Rahim,
'Abd al-Rahim Qulaylat,
Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman Qalilat
Koleilat

Alternative transliterations of the newspaper: al-Raed.

- Francis Tyers · 17:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what should the article be entitled? Obviously the current name is not proper. I like the "Q" rather than the "G". --Bejnar (talk) 07:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional sources[edit]

I do not have access to these, but they may have material on Abdul Raheem Glailati

Shaddad, Fatima E. (1982) "Literacy activity in the Sudan 1900-1950" Journal of research on North East Africa vol. 1, no. 2, (spring 1982), pages 108-113.
For those who read arabic, I suggest looking in: Ibrahim, Mohammad al-Makki (1970) Al-Fikr al-Sudani: Usuluhu wa tatawwuruhu (Sudanese thought: its origins and development). Khartoum: Khartoum UP, reprinted 1989 OCLC 33854779.

Also try other works listed at WorldCat under subject "Sudan Intellectual life". --Bejnar (talk) 05:49, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also:

Mohammed Nuri El-Amin (1986) "Britain, The 1924 Sudanese Uprising, and the Impact of Egypt on the Sudan". International Journal of African Historical Studies 19(2)
Bushra Hamad (1995) "Sudan Notes and Records and Sudanese Nationalism, 1918-1956". History in Africa 22, pp. 239--270
Heather J. Sharkey (1999) "A Century in Print: Arabic Journalism and Nationalism in Sudan 1899-1999", International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 31. pp. 534-549

- Francis Tyers · 17:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Quotes[edit]

From El-Amin (1986):

The above view, though most flattering to arden Sudanese nationalists, still flies in the face of much testimony to the contrary. In the first place, there is enough evidence to prove that the Egyptian nationalists had been active in the first stirring of nationalism in the Sudan as early as 1912 or 1913. For instance it is generally agreed that Ra'id al-Sudan, which appeared in 1913 as an Arabic supplement to the Greek-owned Sudan Herald, provided a forum which socially and politically aware Sudanese of all generations used to air their feelings, frustrations, and aspirations, as well as to reflect in the very general, vague and indirect ways the sort of modern Muslim-Arab society to which they aspired.[13] It is also generally accepted that the real moving spirit behind all that was its editor -- 'Abd al-RAhim Qulaylat, a Syrian who worked at the Railways Department and a literary figure of some renown at the time in the Sudan. Although Qulaylat certainly played a role in the ferment the real fore was a scarcely known Egyptian nationalist -- Muhammad Tawfiq Wahba[14]

[...]

He went on to explain that when his Society came to see the need t to spread its message, they applied for, and were duly granted, a licence to publish an Arabic newspaper. They called it Ra'id al-Sudan and chose Qulaylat to be its editor; Qulaylat was then succeeded by Wahba himself, when the former was forced by the authorities to leave the Sudan.[16]

13. For an assessment of the role of Ra'id al-Sudan in assisting the budding nationalist movement, see Mahjub Muhammad Salih, Al-sihāfa al-Sūdāniya fi nisf qarn (Sudanese Press in Half a Century), 1903--1953 (Khartoum, 1971), 38--48

Research in African Literatures , Indiana University Press, Modern Language Association of America African Literatures Division 16 Ibid. For a confirmation of this see Salih, al-Sahafa, 41.

"The first newspaper to have a significant influence on the development of a national literature was Al Ra'id (The pioneer) which appeared in 1914."

- Francis Tyers · 17:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heather J. Sharkey (1999) "A Century in Print: Arabic Journalism and Nationalism in Sudan 1899-1999", International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 31. pp. 534-549

In 1917, the editor of Ra'id al-Sudan, a Lebanese named Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman Qalilat, incurred the wrath of British authorities in an article on the Sudanese famine of 1913, when the government brought cheap grain from India to distribute to the hungry.The article's title was a line of poetry, "The lion dies of hunger in the forests while the mutton gets thrown to the dogs," that implicitly contrasted the comfortable lifestyle of the British with the sufferings of the locals. The British reacted to this piece by arresting Qalilat and deporting him to Egypt under escort.[24] Publication of Ra'id al-Suidn soon ceased, though the Greek and English papers of Victoria Press continued to maintain favor. The case of Ra'id al-Suddn highlights the importanceof self-censorship and the maintenance of British goodwill for a newspaper's survival in this period.

24. Hasan Najila, Malamih min al-mujtamac al-suddni, 3rd ed. (Beirut: Dar Maktabata-Hayat, 1964), 15-22.

- Francis Tyers · 23:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]