Sadeq al-Neihum

Sadeq al-Neihum was born in 1937 in Benghazi, where he did all his studies before entering the University of Libya; a graduate in Arabic in 1961, he was appointed assistant there after writing in the city's press. He continued his training in Europe, settled in Geneva in 1976, founded two publishing houses there and directed encyclopaedias in Arabic, while teaching comparative religion at the city's university until his death. His essays on Islam, the mosque and power caused a scandal and were withdrawn from sale. He died in Geneva in 1994, aged fifty-seven, and was buried in Benghazi.

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• Novelمن مكة إلى هناSadeq al-Neihum · 1970not translated into EnglishLiterature