Ibrahim Aslan

Ibrahim Aslan was born in 1935 in the Gharbiya, in Tanta according to ArabLit, and grew up in Imbaba, a working-class district of Cairo where his family settled soon after. His schooling was irregular. Like his father, he joined the Cairo post office. Yahya Haqqi welcomed his first texts in al-Majalla, according to Al-Ain. From 1992 he ran the culture page of al-Hayat's Cairo bureau. According to the same source, he received the Sawiris Prize and the Nile Prize, and died in January 2012.

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• NovelThe Heronمالك الحزينIbrahim Aslan · 1983Literature