Biographies: Ahmed Heikal - Writer

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Egyptian writer, born in Zagazig, Sharkia Governorate. He completed his higher studies at the Faculty of Dar Al-Uloom and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1948, and he was top of his class. He was the first to be appointed as a teaching assistant in the college's history. He was sent on a mission to Spain and received a doctorate from the University of Madrid in 1954 in Andalusian literature. He wrote several research papers, and hundreds of his articles and poems were published in Egyptian, Arab, and foreign magazines, periodicals, and newspapers. He also published a book titled "Echoes of the Flute". He gave speeches on various radio and television programs, and he was the host of the first literary program on television titled The Literature Tour. He died on October 21, 2006 in Cairo.

• 5 July 2022
• Salma El-Sharkawy