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Mohamed Hassanein Heikal

1923 - 2016

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Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسنين هيكل‎; 23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and was a commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years. Heikal articulated the thoughts of President Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier in his career. He worked as a ghostwriter for the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and represented the ideology of pan-Arabism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohamed Hassanein Heikal is the 51st most popular journalist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 383rd in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 51 out of 196. Before him are Marta Hillers, Vladimir Posner, James Nachtwey, Ara Güler, William Wilson, and Thomas Nast. After him are Eve Arnold, Marion Dönhoff, Selma Rıza, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Larry Kudlow, and Pavlo Chubynsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 195. Before him are Lucía Hiriart, Nirmala Srivastava, Gordon Jackson, Alexander Yakovlev, Evelyn McHale, and Netti Witziers-Timmer. After him are Sam Phillips, Václav Ježek, Louis Lansana Beavogui, René Favaloro, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Carlo Pavesi. Among people deceased in 2016, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 217. Before him are Frank Finlay, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Sigge Parling, Halil İnalcık, Steven Hill, and Jay Wright Forrester. After him are Naná Vasconcelos, Jacques Hamel, Sándor Tarics, Lars Gustafsson, Vladica Kovačević, and Faina Melnik.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 409 out of 642. Before him are Pishoy (320), Farag Foda (1946), Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250), Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968), Isidore of Alexandria (450), and Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893). After him are Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), Atef Ebeid (1932), Al-Mustamsik (null), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Khalid al-Islambouli (1955), and Saad el-Shazly (1922).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Egypt

Among journalists born in Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 1. 

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