JOURNALIST

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal

1923 - 2016

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Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسنين هيكل‎; 23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and was a commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years. Heikal articulated the thoughts of President Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier in his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Hassanein Heikal has received more than 158,893 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohamed Hassanein Heikal is the 42nd most popular journalist, the 383rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 359th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 42 out of 196. Before him are Joe Rosenthal, François Mignet, Thomas Nast, Vladimir Posner, Pavlo Chubynsky, and Eddie Adams. After him are Ara Güler, Letizia Battaglia, Maria Ressa, Eve Arnold, Marta Hillers, and Joaquín Navarro-Valls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 165. Before him are Gustavo Rojo, Evelyn McHale, Hjalmar Andersen, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Ahmet Ertegun, and Harrison Dillard. After him are Tonino Delli Colli, Nirmala Srivastava, Menahem Pressler, Bob Barker, Cesare Siepi, and Nazik Al-Malaika. Among people deceased in 2016, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 178. Before him are Zubaida Tharwat, Ramón Castro Ruz, Frank Finlay, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Hassan Al-Turabi, and Peter Hans Kolvenbach. After him are Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Lola Novaković, Sixto Durán Ballén, Mahasweta Devi, Christina Grimmie, and Fazil Iskander.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 383 out of 642. Before him are Merneferre Ay (-1650), Antiphilus (-400), Peter III of Alexandria (500), Pope Heraclas of Alexandria (180), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), and Autobiography of Harkhuf (-2300). After him are Nebetah (-1350), Farag Foda (1946), Kamal Ganzouri (1933), Mostafa El-Nahas (1879), Saif al-Adel (1960), and Salama Moussa (1887).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Egypt

Among journalists born in Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ranks 1. 

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