About Fathy Ghanem
Lived 1924 – 1999 (aged 74). Fathy Ghanem was an Egyptian journalist, writer and novelist.
Fathi Ghanem (Arabic: فتحي غانم) (2 March 1924 – 24 February 1999) was an Egyptian writer. Ghanem was born in Cairo to a working-class family. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Fuad I University, in 1944, then worked as a reporter for , a newspaper published by the foundation of the same name. Later, he worked as an editor for Al Gomhuria and chairman of the board of directors at the Dar Al Tahrir Foundation, the newspaper's publisher.
Works Books The Man who Lost His Shadow (الرجل الذي فقد ظله, translated by Desmond Stewart) The Elephants (الأفيال) The Mountain (الجبل)
Films The Man who Lost His Shadow (الرجل الذي فقد ظله) Minister in Plaster (وزير في الحبس)
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Who was Fathy Ghanem?
Egyptian journalist (1924-1999)
When was Fathy Ghanem born?
Fathy Ghanem was born on 24 March 1924 in Cairo.
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Fathy Ghanem died on 24 February 1999.
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Fathy Ghanem was a journalist, writer and novelist.
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Fathy Ghanem was Egyptian.
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