| Christina Aziz |
An Egyptian satirical journalist and writer who is considered one of the pioneers of satirical writing in the Arab press. He was born on November 20, 1927 in Menoufia Governorate. However, he lived most of his life in Giza. He started his journalistic career in small newspapers before he moved to Al-Masry newspaper. He became the mouthpiece of the Wafd Party and worked in Dar Al-Hilal before the 1952 revolution. After the revolution, he also worked in Al-Gomhouria newspaper, before he was later dismissed from it because of satirizing former President Anwar Sadat. After that, he worked for "Rose Al-Youssef" magazine and was the editor-in-chief of "Sabah Al-Khair" magazine.
He was arrested for a period of two years on charges related to his belonging to the Communist Party. Afterwards, he joined the Socialist Union, the political organization established by former President Gamal Abdel Nasser. In the 1970s, he left Egypt, moving between several Arab capitals. He took over the editorship of the newspaper “Al Fajr” in the United Arab Emirates, before settling for years in Britain, where he published the magazine “July 23” to oppose the regime of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. He returned to Egypt after the assassination of Sadat in 1981. He had one short story collection entitled "Khoukha Al-Saadan." He wrote his memoirs, "Mischievous Boy in Exile", which combine diaries, journalistic adventures, and personal predicaments. He died on May 4, 2010 after a long struggle with illness, at the age of 82.
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