An Egyptian writer, who was born on October 23, 1924 in Cairo. He learnt about history, geology, and languages from his father who led a secret organization of the Egyptian Wafd Party during the 1919 revolution. He obtained a BA in Philosophy in 1954 from Ain Shams University. He...Read more met Shuhdi Attia El-Shafei, one of the most prominent Egyptian Marxist thinkers, who became his first political mentor. With Shuhdi, he joined one of the communist organizations but was arrested for a year before escaping and hiding in the home of the famous artist Tahia Carioca. He left to France, where he obtained a doctorate in sociology and a state doctorate in literature from the Sorbonne University. The Arabic translation of his thesis was published under the title "Egypt’s Renaissance". He died on June 17, 2012 in a hospital in Paris, where he had been residing.
An Egyptian writer, who was born on October 23, 1924 in Cairo. He learnt about history, geology, and languages from his father who led a secret organization of the Egyptian Wafd...Read more Party during the 1919 revolution. He obtained a BA in Philosophy in 1954 from Ain Shams University. He met Shuhdi Attia El-Shafei, one of the most prominent Egyptian Marxist thinkers, who became his first political mentor. With Shuhdi, he joined one of the communist organizations but was arrested for a year before escaping and hiding in the home of the famous artist Tahia Carioca. He left to France, where he obtained a doctorate in sociology and a state doctorate in literature from the Sorbonne University. The Arabic translation of his thesis was published under the title "Egypt’s Renaissance". He died on June 17, 2012 in a hospital in Paris, where he had been residing.