Mohamed hassanein heikal biography of william
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Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
Egyptian journalist (1923-2016)
For other people with the surname Heikal, see Heikal (disambiguation).
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal | |
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Heikal in 1966 | |
Born | (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
Died | 17 February 2016(2016-02-17) (aged 92) Cairo, Egypt |
Education | American University, Cairo |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1942–2003 |
Spouse | Hedayt Elwi Taymour (1955–2016, his death) |
Children | 3 sons |
Family | Heikal |
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسنين هيكل; 23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an Egyptian journalist.
For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and was a commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years.[1]
Heikal articulated the thoughts of President Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier in his career.[2] He worked as a ghostwriter for the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and represented the ideology