69 years since the passing of the historian, poet, writer and politician Muhammad Hussein Heikal
Today, Monday, is the anniversary of the death of the historian, poet, writer, and politician Muhammad Hussein Heikal, who left our world on December 8, 1956, leaving a rich literary legacy that left its mark on generations. He was able to create bridges between literature and politics, as he was distinguished by combining sobriety of the pen, novelistic imagination, and political wisdom. He was the author of the first Arabic novel, and for this reason he was called the Father of the Novel. Arabic.
The historian, poet, writer, and politician Muhammad Hussein Heikal was a pioneer in the world of literature and thought. He was also a pioneer of public political action in modern Egypt, and fought for the independence of Egypt.
Heikal was able to have a pioneering and pioneering role in the world of literature and thought, as he was the first to write the Arabic novel. " Zeinab" Through it, he presented us with a realistic picture of Egyptian society in his time, so that this novel became a milestone in the history of literature and was considered the true launch of the Arabic novel. It was turned into the first silent film in Egypt, and it adhered to the rules of the artistic story, and it was the beginning of the launch of fictional works by great writers such as " Mahmoud Abbas Al-Akkad, Taha Hussein, Al-Mazni, and Tawfiq Al-Hakim.
It also allowed those with pen and rhetoric to write Islamic history in a new way that combines depth and analysis, an interesting style, and a tight connection between historical events. He also wrote travel literature, and Heikal recorded his thoughts in his book " “In the House of Revelation”, he wrote down his political memoirs, and the events he witnessed and participated in in his book ” “Memoirs on Egyptian Politics”, he had a great influence on modern Egyptian political history, and his works also include: The Literary Revolution, The Islamic Empire and the Holy Places, Faith, Knowledge, Philosophy, and others.
Muhammad Hussein Heikal was born on August 20, 1888, in the city of Mansoura to a wealthy family that valued science, and this had a great impact on his cultural formation. He graduated from the Khedive Law School in 1909 and obtained a doctorate. in law from the Sorbonne University in France in 1912, and he worked in law for 10 years after his return from France. He also worked in journalism and was influenced by the ideas of Ahmed Lotfy Al-Sayyid and adhered to his guidance. He was also influenced by the ideas of Sheikh Muhammad Abdou, Qasim Amin and others.
Heikal participated in the Committee of Thirty that drafted the 1923 Constitution, the first constitution issued in independent Egypt according to the February 28 statement. 1922.
Heikal was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Al-Seyassah in 1926, which was published by the Liberal Constitutional Party.
He was chosen as Minister of Education more than once: the first in the Ministry of Muhammad Mahmoud in 1938, and the second in 1940 in the Ministry of Hussein Sirri, and he remained there until 1942, then he returned and assumed this position again in the year 1944, and the Ministry of Social Affairs was added to it in 1945.
He was chosen as Vice-President of the Constitutional Liberals Party in 1941, then assumed the presidency of the party in 1943, and remained its president until the parties were abolished after the revolution of July 23, 1952.
Heikal assumed the presidency of the Senate from 1945 Until 1950, he also represented Egypt in signing the Arab League Charter in 1945, and he also headed the Egyptian delegation to the United Nations more than once.
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