Ihsan Abdel Quddous

Ihsan Abdel Quddous was born in Cairo on 1 January 1919, the son of the actor Mohamed Abdel Quddous and of the Lebanese journalist Rose al-Youssef. A law graduate in 1942, he tried his hand at the bar while writing for Rose al-Youssef, then devoted himself to journalism; he then moved to al-Akhbar and to al-Ahram, of which he became editor-in-chief. His articles led him to prison several times, under Farouk and then under Nasser. The author of more than fifty books, very often adapted for the screen, he died on 11 January 1990.

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• NovelI Do Not Sleepلا أنامIhsan Abdel Quddous · 1956Literature