Mahmud Tahir Haqqi (1884-1964
) was an Egyptian writer and author of one of the earliest Egyptian
novels
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He was a founding member of the “New School” of Arabic writing.
Personal life
Haqqi was from a family of
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
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origin. He was the uncle of
Yahya Haqqi
Yahya Haqqi (Arabic:) (7 January 1905 – 9 December 1992) (or Yehia Hakki, Yehia Haqqi) was an Egyptian writer and novelist. Born to a middle-class family in Cairo, he was a lawyer by profession who graduated from the Cairo School of Law in 19 ...
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1884 births
1964 deaths
Egyptian people of Turkish descent
Egyptian novelists