deaths
March 7, 1981
Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir, Egyptian journalist and writer (born 1906)
Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir
Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir was an Egyptian journalist and multi-topic writer. Although he graduated from Cairo University in law in 1928, he turned to journalism. One of the 100 founding members of the Syndicate of Journalists in 1941, collaborated with various Egyptian notable newspapers, such as Akhbār al-Yawm and Al-Ahram. Publicly known by "Nahw Al-Noor", a column he wrote in 1950s, which formed the core of his new-style journalism. He also wrote many books in literary and non-literary, fiction and non-fiction subjects and was elected a member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo.
March 7
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