Yaqub Sanu (Arabic: يعقوب صنوع, Yaʻqūb Ṣanūʻ, anglicized as James Sanua), also known by his pen name "Abu Naddara" (Arabic: أبو نظارة Abū Naẓẓārah "the man with glasses"; January 9, 1839 – 1912), was an Egyptian Jewish journalist, nationalist activist and playwright. He was also a polyglot, writing in French, English, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and Italian as well as both literary Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
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1839 Cairo
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1912 (aged 72) Paris
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