Heikal, a confidential adviser to both nasser and sadat and influential in his own right as editor of al ahram, begins with recollections of an unprepossessing dulles. Muhammad hassanein heikal, leading egyptian journalist who gained fame as the editor in chief 195774 of alahram, the semiofficial egyptian newspaper. Mohamed hassanein heikal heikal, 1966 born 23 september 1923 age 89 egypt occupation journalist religion muslim mohamed hassanein heikal arabic. An iranian journalist once asked mohamed hassanein heikal b. Pdf the renowned egyptian journalist and commentator mohamed hassanein heikal b.
The denshawai incident, as it is usually called though george bernard shaw called it the denshawai horror. August 20, 1888 december 8, 1956 was an egyptian writer, journalist, politician and minister of education in egypt. Cairo mohamed hassanein heikal, an egyptian journalist and historian who was an alter ego to president gamal abdel nasser and for a time became an. On october 14, 2002, mohamed hassanein heikal, the highly regarded journalist and commentator on arab affairs, gave lecture at the american university in cairos ewart hall where he charged. A highly entertaining and sometimes illuminating memoir of nassers dealings with other chiefs of state. The renowned egyptian journalist and commentator mohamed hassanein heikal b. For 17 years 19571974 he was editorinchief of the cairo newspaper alahram and has been a commentator on arab affairs for more than 50 years. Mohamed hassanein heikal journal of palestine studies.
A new book by renowned political analyst and journalist mohamed hassanein heikal has been. Heikal says nasser feared excessive american leverage if the u. Prolific egyptian political writer and insider, heikal. The critical discourse of a leading arab intellectual. Mohamed heikal, a close confidant of egypts nationalist leader gamal abdel nasser since the 1950s and later author of insider accounts of his countrys wars and peacemaking with israel. Mohamed hassanein heikal on the suez crisis of 1956, 50 years after denshawai. Mohamed hassanein heikalfrom wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for other people with the surname heikal, see heikal disambiguation.
Mohamed hassanein heikal, who passed away a few days ago, was an important part of the history of the media and political conflict in egypt and the region. For 17 years 19571974, he was editorinchief of the cairo newspaper alahram and has been a commentator on arab affairs for more than 50 years heikal articulated the thoughts of president gamal abdel nasser earlier in his career. Egypts foremost journalist and political commentator. Wikimedia commons has media related to journalists from egypt pages in category egyptian journalists the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. Mohamed hassanein heikal was an egyptian journalist. Media in category mohamed hassanein heikal the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Mohamed hassanein heikal, prominent egyptian journalist. Worldcat is the worlds largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. During his tenure it was called the new york times of the arab world, partly because of heikal s weekly analytical pieces.
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