Mohamed Makhzangi (born 1950) is an

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doctor and writer.Profile in Banipal magazine
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Early life

He was born in the town of

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in the

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. He studied medicine, and specialized in psychology and alternative medicine during a stint in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. He was based in the

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city of

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at the time of the

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Career

In 1986, and this formed the basis of his book ''Memories Of A Meltdown''. Makhzangi gave up on medicine to become a journalist and writer. He worked for the Kuwaiti arts and culture magazine ''

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'' before moving back to Cairo. He has published a number of short story collections and novels.

References

1950 births Egyptian novelists Egyptian male short story writers Egyptian short story writers Egyptian journalists Egyptian psychologists Living people People from Dakahlia Governorate {{Egypt-writer-stub