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Ahmed Hasan al-Zayyat (2 April 1885-12 June 1968) was a leading Egyptian intellectual who established the literary magazine al-Risala,[1] described as "the most important intellectual weekly in 1930s Egypt and the Arab world."[2] Born to a peasant family, al-Zayyat studied at Al-Azhar University before taking up legal studies in Cairo and Paris; he taught Arabic literature at American University in Cairo, and for three years in Baghdad, before founding al-Risala in 1933.[3]
See also
[edit]- Ahmed Zayat, grandson and American racehorse owner
References
[edit]- ^ Drape, Joe (June 4, 2015). "American Pharoah Can't Erase All of Ahmed Zayat's Missteps". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Hegasy, Sonja (2010). "The Arabs and Nazi Germany: Collaborators and Antagonists". Qantara.de. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 9780195382075.