Fathi Ghanem (Arabic: فتحي غانم) (2 March 1924 – 24 February 1999) was an Egyptian writer. Ghanem was born in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
to a working-class family. He graduated from the Faculty of Law,
Fuad I University, in 1944, then worked as a reporter for ', a newspaper published by the foundation of the same name. Later, he worked as an editor for ''
Al Gomhuria
''Al Gomhuria'' ( ar, الجمهورية; en, The Republic) is an influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper.
History and profile
''Al Gomhuria'' was established in 1954 following the Egyptian revolution and became the ne ...
'' and chairman of the board of directors at the Dar Al Tahrir Foundation, the newspaper's publisher.
Works
Books
* ''The Man who Lost His Shadow'' (الرجل الذي فقد ظله, translated by Desmond Stewart)
* ''The Elephants'' (الأفيال)
* ''The Mountain'' (الجبل)
Films
* ''
The Man who Lost His Shadow''
* ''
Minister in Plaster''
See also
*
List of Egyptian authors
*
List of Egyptian writers
This is a list of Egyptian Writers.
A
Hussein Abdelfatah
* Abaza family
* Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
* Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938–2015)
* Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955)
* Yasser Abdel Hafez (1969– )
* Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (1 ...
References
External links
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1924 births
Egyptian writers
1999 deaths