Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal

1888–1956

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Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal was an Egyptian writer, journalist, and politician who held several cabinet positions, including minister of education. He was the first Egyptian, Arab, Middle Easterner, and African to earn a Habilitation from the Sorbonne University. He authored the first Arabic language novel and was the first to write about Prophet Muhammad and Caliphs Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman from a scientific perspective. He was born in 1888 and died in 1956.

Born

1888