Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Lebanon
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Ibrahim al-Yaziji 🇱🇧

إبراهيم اليازجي (Known as "Al-Yaziji")
Philologist, Magazine Editor, Typographer, Bible Translator
Born 2 March 1847 🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon
Passed Away 28 December 1906 Cairo, Egypt
Lifespan 59 years old
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Brilliant Nahda philologist who refined modern literary Arabic, simplified Arabic printing typography, and founded the influential journal Al-Diya.

Biographical Record

Ibrahim al-Yaziji, son of the linguist Nasif al-Yaziji, was born in Beirut and inherited his father's passionate dedication to Arabic philology. Collaborating with Jesuit scholars, he completed a masterly new translation of the Catholic Bible into elegant modern Arabic that became a model of prose clarity.

Yaziji made major contributions to modern Arabic printing by designing a simplified Arabic typographical font that reduced hundreds of complex letter forms to basic character sets, revolutionizing newspapers and book publishing. Moving to Cairo, he edited the intellectual periodicals Al-Bayan and Al-Diya, mentoring the generation that led the Arab national awakening.

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Final Resting Place

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Greek Catholic Cemetery
Cairo, Egypt
GPS: 30.0350, 31.2500
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