Fathi Ghanem (Arabic: فتحي غانم) (2 March 1924 – 24 February 1999) was an Egyptian writer. Ghanem was born in
Cairo
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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
The Man who lost his Shadow (Egyptian Arabic: الرجل الذى فقد ظله translit: ''El Ragol Ellazi fakad Zelloh'') is a 1968 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It is based on Fathy Ghanem’s story under the same name. It stars ...
'' (الرجل الذي فقد ظله)
* ''Minister in Plaster'' (وزير في الحبس)
See also
*
List of Egyptian authors
*
List of Egyptian writers
References
External links
*
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1924 births
Egyptian writers
1999 deaths