Fahmi Huwaidi ( ar, فهمي هويدي; born 29 August 1937 in
El Saff
El Saff ( ar, الصف) is a city in the Giza Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at about 59,000 people in 2018.
Background
El Saff is a Markaz and city located about 30 km south of Helwan, which includes more than 30 villages, an ...
,
Giza Governorate
Giza Governorate ( ar, محافظة الجيزة ') is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country, situated on the west bank of the Nile River opposite Cairo. Its capital is the city of Giza. It includes a stretch of ...
) is an Egyptian columnist. A "moderate Islamist",
he writes for ''
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazee ...
'' and the Egyptian opposition newspaper ''
Al-Dustour''. He has been called "probably the most widely read Islamic political analyst".
In 2006, he stopped writing for ''
Al-Ahram
''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...
'', for which he had written for 48 years, complaining that words had been omitted from his weekly column.
Al-Ahram Egyptian Newspaper Fires Its Great Writers
, Ikhwanweb, 22 May 2006
References
1937 births
Living people
Muslim writers
Egyptian Islamists
Egyptian journalists
International Union of Muslim Scholars members
People from Giza Governorate
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