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Mohammed Hussein Heikal

1888 - 1956

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Mohammed Hussein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسين هيكل Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmmæd ħeˈseːn ˈheːkæl]; August 20, 1888 – December 8, 1956) was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician. He held several cabinet posts, including minister of education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed Hussein Heikal is the 4,049th most popular writer (down from 2,607th in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 360th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mohammed Hussein Heikal ranks 4,049 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Decimus Laberius, Mary Renault, Onomacritus, Leif G. W. Persson, and Jurek Becker. After him are Zsigmond Móricz, Gary Chapman, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Emmy Hennings, Andrejs Pumpurs, and Bret Harte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Mohammed Hussein Heikal ranks 155. Before him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Beulah Louise Henry, Barry Fitzgerald, Frances Marion, Ralph Hartley, and Jinichi Kusaka. After him are Marcel Jouhandeau, Mary Eristavi, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Elsa Brändström, Elisabeth Schumann, and Rachel Cohen-Kagan. Among people deceased in 1956, Mohammed Hussein Heikal ranks 137. Before him are Tommy Dorsey, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Hans Carossa, Herminio Masantonio, Vladimir Filatov, and Johannes Jørgensen. After him are Austin Osman Spare, Sergei Vasilenko, Louis Bromfield, Doca, Violet Gibson, and Nikolaos Trikoupis.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mohammed Hussein Heikal ranks 458 out of 642. Before him are Georges Schehadé (1905), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Antigone Costanda (1934), Hossam Hassan (1966), and Bat Ye'or (1933). After him are Mustafa Khalil (1920), Atom Egoyan (1960), Yusuf Idris (1927), Mustafa Ben Halim (1921), Hassan Shehata (1947), and Mohamed M. Atalla (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Mohammed Hussein Heikal ranks 45. Before him are Albert Cossery (1913), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), André Aciman (1951), Georges Schehadé (1905), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), and Bat Ye'or (1933). After him are Yusuf Idris (1927), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), Penelope Delta (1874), Andrée Chedid (1920), Sotion (-250), and Alifa Rifaat (1930).

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