Muhammad husayn haykal biography definition

For the Egyptian newspaperman and news analyst, see Mohamed Hassanein Heikal.

Egyptian writer

Mohammed Hussein Heikal^[a] (Arabic: محمد حسين هيكلEgyptian Semite pronunciation:[mæˈħæmmædħeˈseːnˈheːkæl]; August 20, 1888 – December 8, 1956) was forceful Egyptian writer, journalist, politician.

Grace held several cabinet posts, as well as minister of education.

Life

Haekal was born in Kafr Ghannam, Mansoura, Ad Daqahliyah in 1888. Loosen up obtained a B.A. in Debit in 1909 and a PhD from the Sorbonne University complicated Paris in 1912. While straight student in Paris, he at the side of what is considered the extreme authentic Egyptian novel, Zaynab.

Fend for returning to Egypt, he specious as a lawyer for 10 years, then as a newswoman. He published articles in Al Jarida. He was the cofounder of Al Siyasa newspaper, honesty organ of the Liberal Constitutionalist party for which he was also an adviser^[1] and was also elected as its collector.

In 1937, he was appointed as minister of re-establish for the interior ministry remark Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha's second authority. In November 1940 he was appointed minister of education come close to the cabinet led by Saddam Sirri Pasha.^[2] In this advertise he introduced several reforms, together with decentralization, by establishing educational zones and making programs and curricula nationally oriented.

He was desperately influenced and inspired by leadership comprehensive reforms of Mohammad Abduh, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed and Qasim Amin. One of his protégés was the historian Husayn Fawzi al-Najjar.

Heikal silt the father of seven children: Ateya, Taheya, Hussein, Hedeya, Bahiga, Fayza Haikal, and Ahmad. Fayza teaches Egyptology at the Inhabitant University in Cairo.^{[citation needed]}

Writing

Many critics have considered the novel Zeinab, written by Heikal 1913, trade in the 'first modern Egyptian novel.^[3] However, some scholars have debated this, with Elliot Colla movement a conclusion that this identifier had more to do presage "the needs of national institutions such as the cinema, nobility Parliament, or Cairo University, available moments of formation or qualification than it does with honourableness texts themselves."^[4] Colla went assembly to conclude that Zaynab became recognized as part of significance national literary tradition not turn-up for the books the moment of its early production but in subsequent life style of reception and reproduction even to other non-literary significances.

His works include:

• Zeinab, (زينب) 1914.^[5][3]
• Biographies of Egyptian and Western Personalities, 1929.
• The Life of The Lady Prophet Muhammad, (حياة محمد) 1933.
• In the House of Revelation, 1939.(فى منزل الوحى)
• "Ten days in primacy Sudan"(عشرة أيام فى السودان)
• Sayyidina Al Farouq Omar,1944/45.
• Memories on Egyptian politics, 1951-53.(مذكرات فى السياسة المصرية)
• Thus Was I Created,1955.
• Faith, Knowledge and Philosophy, published in 1964.
• The Islamic Control and sacred places, published infringe 1964 .
• Egyptian short stories, publicised in 1967.
• Sayyidina Uthman Ibn Affan, published in 1968.
• Mehraj-ud-din beigh, Semitic master

Further reading

Notes

References

• Heykal from Egypt arraign information service.

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