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Opinion: The Battle Between Excellent Writers – “Medicine for Diabetes and Blood Pressure”

by Samir Atallah | May 30, 2016 | Opinion

The brilliant Al-Ahram columnist Salah Montaser began his career in journalism in 1953 at the Akher Saa magazine that was bought by Mustafa and Ali Amin from Mohamed El-Tabii who continued to write the main article entitled “From Week to Week”. Mohamed Hassanein...

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Egyptians bid farewell to their writer as his funeral procession leaves Hussein Mosque (AFP)

Heikal: A Man of Contradictions

by Amir Taheri | Feb 22, 2016 | Media

“They cannot be waiting for me,” said Muhammad Hassanein Heikal with a twinkle in his eyes. He was referring to the horde of photographers and cameramen waiting outside the luxury hotel in Milan where we were attending a UNESCO sponsored conference on the “New World...

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Mohamed Hassanein Heikal joking with friends in 2015 at his home in Cairo, days before his 92nd birthday. Credit Ahmed Abd El-Latif/Associated Press

Heikal, the Journalist and “Propagandist”- Part 1

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 19, 2016 | Opinion

The brilliant late journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal is considered a great chapter in the history of the media and political conflict in Egypt and the region. Heikal was both a witness and a partaker during the reigns of King Farouk of Egypt, President Gamal Abdel...