Zainab

by Mohammed Hussein Haikal

Overview

Zainab, a name which aptly reflects the beauty of this tale’s protagonist is also the title of the first modern Egyptian novel written in native vernacular. Crafted in 1910 by a privileged member of society and a student at the time living in Paris.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850772903
Publisher:	Global Book Sales
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mohammed Hussein Haikal was born in 1888 in Kakr Ghannam, Egypt. At just 22 years of age, he wrote Zainab whilst studying Law at Sorbonne University in Paris. After returning to Egypt, he worked as a lawyer and then as a journalist, and later became the Minister of State for the Interior Ministry, and Minister of Education where he famously introduced several successful reforms.