Egypts foremost journalist and political commentator. 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. The denshawai incident, as it is usually called though george bernard shaw called it the denshawai horror. An iranian journalist once asked mohamed hassanein heikal b. Pdf the renowned egyptian journalist and commentator mohamed hassanein heikal b.
During his tenure it was called the new york times of the arab world, partly because of heikal s weekly analytical pieces. Mohamed hassanein heikalfrom wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for other people with the surname heikal, see heikal disambiguation. Mohamed hassanein heikal heikal, 1966 born 23 september 1923 age 89 egypt occupation journalist religion muslim mohamed hassanein heikal arabic. The critical discourse of a leading arab intellectual. Worldcat is the worlds largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. Media in category mohamed hassanein heikal the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. A highly entertaining and sometimes illuminating memoir of nassers dealings with other chiefs of state. A new book by renowned political analyst and journalist mohamed hassanein heikal has been. 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.
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. 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. Mohamed hassanein heikal journal of palestine studies. Reflections on a nation in crisis, 1948 mohamed hassanein heikal journal of palestine studies, vol. 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. Prolific egyptian political writer and insider, heikal. Mohamed hassanein heikal was an egyptian journalist. Heikal says nasser feared excessive american leverage if the u. Mohamed hassanein heikal on the suez crisis of 1956, 50 years after denshawai. Mohamed hassanein heikal, prominent egyptian journalist.
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