Biographies: Latifa Al Zayyat - Writer

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An Egyptian writer and intellectual, born in 1923 in Damietta. She studied at Cairo University, and obtained a doctorate in literature at the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University in 1957. She held many positions, such as Secretary-General of the National Committee for Students and Workers, and won the State Appreciation Prize for Literature in 1996. Her books include Old Age, and The Open Door.

• 15 September 2021
• Dalia Saad