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el Wardani (al-Wardani), Ibrahim Nassef
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"Eis ton Ouardani…"
"Eis ton Ouardani…"
GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0002 (939) · Item · July 1910
Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on one side of a ruled sheet. Blank verso. The text is about Nassif al-Wardani, who was sentenced to death and executed for the murder of the then Prime Minister of Egypt, Butros Ghali. Cancellations. Date at bottom right.

 Cavafy, C. P.
Newspaper La Réforme
GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF007-0038 (1364) · Item · 19/4/1910-29/6/1910
Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

Ten issues of the French-language newspaper La Réforme of Alexandria (one of the issues is double). Only the first two pages of the first issue are preserved. Accompanied by a piece of paper with Cavafy's handwritten note "The Wardani Case". The poet is following up the trial of the Ibrahim (al-) Wardani case, who murdered the Prime Minister of Egypt, Butros Ghali, and was ultimately executed.

 La Réforme (newspaper)