Hamid Damanhuri

Hamid Hussein Damanhuri was born in Mecca in 1922. A graduate of the Saudi Scientific Institute, he left for Egypt, where he obtained a diploma from Dar al-Ulum in Cairo, then a bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Alexandria. Back in his country, he taught, was an inspector at the Ministry of the Interior, then became deputy minister of Education in charge of cultural affairs; he was also in charge of Saudi radio. He published two novels, in 1959 and 1963, and died in Riyadh in 1965.

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• Novelثمن التضحيةHamid Damanhuri · 1959not translated into EnglishLiterature