SettingsEgyptian writers
Abbas el-Akkad
Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad was an Egyptian writer, and member of the Arab Academy.
Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad was an Egyptian writer, and member of the Arab Academy.
Abd al-Masih Salib al-Masudi
'Abd al-Masīḥ Ṣalīb al-Masū'dī (1848–1935) was an Egyptian monk and author.
'Abd al-Masīḥ Ṣalīb al-Masū'dī (1848–1935) was an Egyptian monk and author.
Abdel Rahman Badawi
Abdur Rahman Badawi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بدوى) (February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was an Egyptian existentialist professor of philosophy and poet, and is called the "foremost master of Ara...
Abdur Rahman Badawi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بدوى) (February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was an Egyptian existentialist professor of philosophy and poet, and is called the "foremost master of Ara...
Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi
Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi is a popular Egyptian poet, and more recently a children's books writer.
Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi is a popular Egyptian poet, and more recently a children's books writer.
Abdel Wahab El-Messiri
Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.
Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.
Abdel Wahab Elmessiri
Abdel-Wahab Elmessiri was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.
Abdel-Wahab Elmessiri was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (عبد الرحمن حسن عزام) (1893–1976) was an Egyptian diplomat, with family origins in Egypt.
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (عبد الرحمن حسن عزام) (1893–1976) was an Egyptian diplomat, with family origins in Egypt.
Adel Hammouda
Adel Hammouda (عادل حمودة) (born 15 October 1948) is the editor in chief for the Egyptian newspaper El Fagr.
Adel Hammouda (عادل حمودة) (born 15 October 1948) is the editor in chief for the Egyptian newspaper El Fagr.
Adel Iskandar
Adel Iskandar is a British-born Middle East media scholar, postcolonial theorist, analist, and academic.
Adel Iskandar is a British-born Middle East media scholar, postcolonial theorist, analist, and academic.
Aelius Herodianus
Aelius Herodianus or Herodian, ca.
Aelius Herodianus or Herodian, ca.
Ahmad Al-Khamisi
Ahmad Abdel Rahman Al-Khamisi, (born 28 January 1948, Cairo) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Ahmad Abdel Rahman Al-Khamisi, (born 28 January 1948, Cairo) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Ahmad al-Qalqashandi
Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356 – 1418) was a medieval Egyptian writer and mathematician born in a village in the Nile Delta.
Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356 – 1418) was a medieval Egyptian writer and mathematician born in a village in the Nile Delta.
Ahmad Zaki Pasha
Ahmad Zaki Pasha (أحمد زكي باشا) (26 May 1867 – 5 July 1934) was an Egyptian philologist, sometimes called the Dean of Arabism (شيخ العروبة), and longtime secretary of the Egyptian Cabinet.
Ahmad Zaki Pasha (أحمد زكي باشا) (26 May 1867 – 5 July 1934) was an Egyptian philologist, sometimes called the Dean of Arabism (شيخ العروبة), and longtime secretary of the Egyptian Cabinet.
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi is an Egyptian contemporary poet.
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi is an Egyptian contemporary poet.
Ahmed Hassanein
Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, KCVO, MBE (أحمد حسنين باشا) (31 October 1889 – 19 February 1946) or Aḥmad Moḥammad Makhlūf Ḥasanēn al-Būlākī (أحمد محمد مخلوف حسنين البولاقى) was an Oxford-educated Egy...
Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, KCVO, MBE (أحمد حسنين باشا) (31 October 1889 – 19 February 1946) or Aḥmad Moḥammad Makhlūf Ḥasanēn al-Būlākī (أحمد محمد مخلوف حسنين البولاقى) was an Oxford-educated Egy...
Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed Pasha (; 15 January 1872-1963) was an Egyptian intellectual, anti-colonial activist, the first director of Cairo University.
Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed Pasha (; 15 January 1872-1963) was an Egyptian intellectual, anti-colonial activist, the first director of Cairo University.
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi (أحمد محمد الحوفي or أحمد محمد الحوفى, born 1910 in Damanhur, died in 1983) was an Egyptian writer and an expert in literary studies.
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi (أحمد محمد الحوفي or أحمد محمد الحوفى, born 1910 in Damanhur, died in 1983) was an Egyptian writer and an expert in literary studies.
Ahmed Osman
Ahmed Osman (أحمد عثمان) (born 1934) is an Egyptian-born author.
Ahmed Osman (أحمد عثمان) (born 1934) is an Egyptian-born author.
Ahmed Shawqi
Ahmed Shawqi was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Ara...
Ahmed Shawqi was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Ara...
Ahmed Subhy Mansour
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour, born March 1, 1949, in Abu Harair, Kafr Saqr, Sharqia, Egypt is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in Islamic history, culture, the...
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour, born March 1, 1949, in Abu Harair, Kafr Saqr, Sharqia, Egypt is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in Islamic history, culture, the...
Al-Bahuti
Al-Bahuti (fully Shaykh Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti) was an Egyptian Islamic theologian.
Al-Bahuti (fully Shaykh Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti) was an Egyptian Islamic theologian.
Al-Damiri
Al-Damiri, the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri, was an Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history.
Al-Damiri, the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri, was an Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history.
Ali Salem (activist)
Ali Salem is an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for his support of peace with Israel.
Ali Salem is an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for his support of peace with Israel.
Alypius (music writer)
Alypius of Alexandria was a Greek writer on music who flourished c. 360.
Alypius of Alexandria was a Greek writer on music who flourished c. 360.
Amira Nowaira
Amira Nowaira is an Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author.
Amira Nowaira is an Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author.
Andrée Chedid
Andrée Chedid (أندريه شديد) (20 March 1920 – 6 February 2011) was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.
Andrée Chedid (أندريه شديد) (20 March 1920 – 6 February 2011) was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.
Anis Mansour
Anis Mansour, also transliterated as Anīs Manṣūr (أنيس منصور, ) is an Egyptian writer.
Anis Mansour, also transliterated as Anīs Manṣūr (أنيس منصور, ) is an Egyptian writer.
Appian
Appian of Alexandria was a Roman historian of Greek ethnicity who flourished during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.
Appian of Alexandria was a Roman historian of Greek ethnicity who flourished during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.
Ashraf Shahin
Ashraf Shahin is an Egyptian politician, writer and legal consultant,living in exile.
Ashraf Shahin is an Egyptian politician, writer and legal consultant,living in exile.
Assia Dagher
Assia Dagher (آسيا داغر) was a Lebanese actress and film producer.
Assia Dagher (آسيا داغر) was a Lebanese actress and film producer.
Athenaeus
Athenaeus, of Naucratis in Egypt, Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD. The Suda says only that he lived in the times of Mar...
Athenaeus, of Naucratis in Egypt, Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD. The Suda says only that he lived in the times of Mar...
Azzam Pasha quotation
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, known as Azzam Pasha, was the Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952.
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, known as Azzam Pasha, was the Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952.
Badie' Khayri
Badie' Khayri (18 August 1853-1966) was an Egyptian-Turkish multi-artist; playwright, writer and an expert administrator.
Badie' Khayri (18 August 1853-1966) was an Egyptian-Turkish multi-artist; playwright, writer and an expert administrator.
Bayoumi Andil
Bayoumi Andil (بيومي قنديل) (born 31 July 1942 in Monufia, Egypt Died 8 October 2009) is an Egyptian linguist, thinker and writer who authored many books on Egyptian culture and Modern Egyptian...
Bayoumi Andil (بيومي قنديل) (born 31 July 1942 in Monufia, Egypt Died 8 October 2009) is an Egyptian linguist, thinker and writer who authored many books on Egyptian culture and Modern Egyptian...
Didymus Chalcenterus
Didymus Chalcenterus (Latin; Greek Didymos chalkenteros, "Didymus bronze-guts"), ca.
Didymus Chalcenterus (Latin; Greek Didymos chalkenteros, "Didymus bronze-guts"), ca.
Dionysius Periegetes
Dionysius Periegetes (Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to Dionysius Periegeta) was the author of a description of the habitable world i...
Dionysius Periegetes (Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to Dionysius Periegeta) was the author of a description of the habitable world i...
Edmond Jabès
Edmond Jabès was a Jewish writer and poet, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II.
Edmond Jabès was a Jewish writer and poet, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II.
Farouk Abdul-Aziz
Farouq Abul-Aziz is a well known TV presenter, interviewer, writer, producer and director in the Arab World.
Farouq Abul-Aziz is a well known TV presenter, interviewer, writer, producer and director in the Arab World.
Georges Henein
Georges Henein is an Egyptian surrealist author.
Georges Henein is an Egyptian surrealist author.
Haggag Oddoul
Haggag Hassan Oddoul is an Egyptian writer of Nubian descent, and campaigner for the rights of the Nubian people.
Haggag Hassan Oddoul is an Egyptian writer of Nubian descent, and campaigner for the rights of the Nubian people.
Hamed Abdel-Samad
Hamed Abdel-Samad (born in 1972 in Gizeh, Egypt) is a German-Egyptian political scientist, historian and author.
Hamed Abdel-Samad (born in 1972 in Gizeh, Egypt) is a German-Egyptian political scientist, historian and author.
Hesychius of Alexandria
Hesychius of Alexandria (῾Ησύχιος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς), a grammarian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived (i...
Hesychius of Alexandria (῾Ησύχιος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς), a grammarian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived (i...
Ibn Selim el-Aswani
Ibn Selim el-Aswani (ابن سليم الأسواني) was a tenth century Egyptian diplomat who was dispatched to Nubia and left a written record of his travels.
Ibn Selim el-Aswani (ابن سليم الأسواني) was a tenth century Egyptian diplomat who was dispatched to Nubia and left a written record of his travels.
Ismail Adham
Ismael Ahmad Adham was an Egyptian writer who was born in Alexandria and got a PhD from Moscow in 1931.
Ismael Ahmad Adham was an Egyptian writer who was born in Alexandria and got a PhD from Moscow in 1931.
Kamel Keilany
Kamal Keilany (1897-1959) was an Egyptian writer.
Kamal Keilany (1897-1959) was an Egyptian writer.
Khaled Al Khamissi
Khaled Al Khamissi was born on the 27th of September, 1962 to Egyptian parents in Downtown, Cairo where he still resides.
Khaled Al Khamissi was born on the 27th of September, 1962 to Egyptian parents in Downtown, Cairo where he still resides.
Khalil Kalfat
Khalil Kalfat (خليل كلفت) (born on November 26, 1942) is a Nubian Egyptian intellectual, leftist activist, literary critic, short story writer, political and economic thinker, linguist, lexicogr...
Khalil Kalfat (خليل كلفت) (born on November 26, 1942) is a Nubian Egyptian intellectual, leftist activist, literary critic, short story writer, political and economic thinker, linguist, lexicogr...
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, Abu Fahr (Arabic:محمد محمود شاكر، أبو فهر), Egyptian writer, poet journalist and scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic culture heritage.
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, Abu Fahr (Arabic:محمد محمود شاكر، أبو فهر), Egyptian writer, poet journalist and scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic culture heritage.
Mark A. Gabriel
Mark A. Gabriel, born 30 December 1957, is a writer on Islamic affairs, who lives in the United States under "religious asylum".
Mark A. Gabriel, born 30 December 1957, is a writer on Islamic affairs, who lives in the United States under "religious asylum".
Masri Feki
Masri Feki is an Egyptian-born writer and a specialist of the Middle East who lives in Paris.
Masri Feki is an Egyptian-born writer and a specialist of the Middle East who lives in Paris.
Mohamed Salah El Azab
Mohamed Salah El Azab is an Egyptian writer and novelist.
Mohamed Salah El Azab is an Egyptian writer and novelist.
Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
Professor Dr. Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930 – February 28, 1997) was an Arabic scholar.
Professor Dr. Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930 – February 28, 1997) was an Arabic scholar.
Mohammad Salim Al-Awa
Mohammad Salim Al-Awa is an Egyptian Islamist thinker, widely considered to belong to the moderate Islamic democratic strain.
Mohammad Salim Al-Awa is an Egyptian Islamist thinker, widely considered to belong to the moderate Islamic democratic strain.
Moise Rahmani
Moise Rahmani is an Italian author of Sephardic extraction who has written numerous books such as Les Juifs du soleil, portraits de Sépharades de Belgique, The Jews of the Congo and Rh...
Moise Rahmani is an Italian author of Sephardic extraction who has written numerous books such as Les Juifs du soleil, portraits de Sépharades de Belgique, The Jews of the Congo and Rh...
Mona Soliman
Mona Soliman (منى سليمان) (Born February 12) is the nom de plume of an Egyptian novelist and poetess.
Mona Soliman (منى سليمان) (Born February 12) is the nom de plume of an Egyptian novelist and poetess.
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah, is an Egyptian patriot, essayist, author, and barrister, he studied law and became one of Egypt's most famous lawyers and public speakers.
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah, is an Egyptian patriot, essayist, author, and barrister, he studied law and became one of Egypt's most famous lawyers and public speakers.
Mustafa Amin
Mustafa Amin was an Egyptian columnist and journalist who enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the Arab world.
Mustafa Amin was an Egyptian columnist and journalist who enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the Arab world.
Mustafa Kamil
Muṣṭafā Kāmil Pasha was an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist.
Muṣṭafā Kāmil Pasha was an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist.
Mustafa Kamil Pasha
Muṣṭafā Kāmil Pasha (مصطفى كامل, ) (August 14, 1874, Cairo, Egypt – February 10, 1908, Cairo) was an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist.
Muṣṭafā Kāmil Pasha (مصطفى كامل, ) (August 14, 1874, Cairo, Egypt – February 10, 1908, Cairo) was an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist.
Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
Mustafa Lutfi el-Manfaluti (1876–1924) was an Egyptian writer and poet who was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Manfalut to an Arab father and a Turkish mother.
Mustafa Lutfi el-Manfaluti (1876–1924) was an Egyptian writer and poet who was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Manfalut to an Arab father and a Turkish mother.
Mustafa Mahmud
Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn (مصطفى كمال محمود حسين) (25 December 1921 – 31 October 2009) commonly known as Mustafa Mahmud (مصطفى محمود) was an Egyptian scientist and a prolific author.
Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn (مصطفى كمال محمود حسين) (25 December 1921 – 31 October 2009) commonly known as Mustafa Mahmud (مصطفى محمود) was an Egyptian scientist and a prolific author.
Omar Taher
Omar Taher is an Egyptian journalist.
Omar Taher is an Egyptian journalist.
Pamphilus of Alexandria
Pamphilus (1st century AD) was a Greek grammarian, of the school of Aristarchus of Samothrace.
Pamphilus (1st century AD) was a Greek grammarian, of the school of Aristarchus of Samothrace.
Qasim Amin
Qasim Amin born on 1 December 1863 Alexandria died April 22, 1908 Cairo was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University.
Qasim Amin born on 1 December 1863 Alexandria died April 22, 1908 Cairo was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University.
Ra'ouf Mus'ad
Ra’ouf Mus'ad is a playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian Coptic parents.
Ra’ouf Mus'ad is a playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian Coptic parents.
Raouf Salama Moussa
Dr Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006, Arabic: رؤوف سلامة موسى) was a notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor.
Dr Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006, Arabic: رؤوف سلامة موسى) was a notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor.
Robert Bauval
Robert Bauval is an author, lecturer, and Ancient Egypt researcher, best known for his Orion Correlation Theory.
Robert Bauval is an author, lecturer, and Ancient Egypt researcher, best known for his Orion Correlation Theory.
Salah al-Deen Hafez
Salah Eddin Hafez, Arabic: صلاح الدين حافظ, b. 1938, died 16 November 2008, was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Salah Eddin Hafez, Arabic: صلاح الدين حافظ, b. 1938, died 16 November 2008, was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Salama Moussa
Salama Moussa Born into a wealthy, land owning Coptic family in the town of Zagazig located in the Nile delta.
Salama Moussa Born into a wealthy, land owning Coptic family in the town of Zagazig located in the Nile delta.
Sally El Hosaini
Sally El Hosaini is an Egyptian Welsh screenwriter and film director.
Sally El Hosaini is an Egyptian Welsh screenwriter and film director.
Samir Amin
Samir Amin is an Egyptian economist.
Samir Amin is an Egyptian economist.
Sayyid Al-Qemany
Sayyid Al-Qemany is an Egyptian writer and thinker.
Sayyid Al-Qemany is an Egyptian writer and thinker.
Siham Bayyumi
Siham Bayyumi (born 1949) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Siham Bayyumi (born 1949) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Simon Malley
Simon Malley (May 25, 1923 – September 7, 2006), was a prominent francophone journalist and a strong supporter of Third World independence movements.
Simon Malley (May 25, 1923 – September 7, 2006), was a prominent francophone journalist and a strong supporter of Third World independence movements.
Taha Hussein
Dr. Taha Hussein was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
Dr. Taha Hussein was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
Tarek Ali Hassan
Dr. Tarek Ali Hassan (طارق على حسن , born 19 October 1937 in Cairo), is a professor of Medicine and Chief of Endocrinology at Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
Dr. Tarek Ali Hassan (طارق على حسن , born 19 October 1937 in Cairo), is a professor of Medicine and Chief of Endocrinology at Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
Tarek Heggy
Tarek Heggy is a liberal Egyptian author, political thinker and international petroleum strategist.
Tarek Heggy is a liberal Egyptian author, political thinker and international petroleum strategist.
Tarek Shahin
Tarek Shahin (born 1982) is an Egyptian cartoonist.
Tarek Shahin (born 1982) is an Egyptian cartoonist.
Tawfik Hamid
Tawfik Hamid (born in 1961) is an Islamic scholar and author from Egypt who opposes Islamic fundamentalism.
Tawfik Hamid (born in 1961) is an Islamic scholar and author from Egypt who opposes Islamic fundamentalism.
Walid Abdallah
Walid Abdallah is an Egyptian author, born on 24th, September 1980.
Walid Abdallah is an Egyptian author, born on 24th, September 1980.
Yahya Taher Abdullah
Yahya Taher Abdullah was an Egyptian writer.
Yahya Taher Abdullah was an Egyptian writer.