Tharwat Abaza (28 June 1927 – 17 March 2002) was an Egyptian journalist and novelist. His best-known novel, ''
A Man Escaping from Time'', was turned into an
Egyptian television
Television in Egypt is mainly received through free satellite, while analog terrestrial represents 41% of total viewers. The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said the average time an Egyptian spends watching televisio ...
series in the late 1960s, and ''
A Taste of Fear
A Taste of Fear (aliases: Something of Fear or A Bit of Fear or Something from Fear or A Touch of Fear, Egyptian Arabic: ''شئ من الخوف'', translit: ''Shey Min El Khouf'' or ''Shey min al-Khouf'') is a 1969 Egyptian film directed by Hussein ...
'', a short story which was turned into an Egyptian film in the late 1960s. A journalist for ''
Al Arabi'' newspaper was sentenced to prison for six months due to alleged defamation to Abaza.
He died at the age of 74 in 2002.
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Egyptian Figures: Tharwat Abaza (1927-2002)
1927 births
2002 deaths
Journalists from Cairo
Egyptian newspaper journalists
Egyptian novelists
Egyptian prisoners and detainees
Arabic-language novelists
20th-century novelists
20th-century journalists
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