Gamil Atia Ibrahim جميل عطية إبراهيم (1937 in Egypt, specifically
Giza
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– April 10, 2020, in
Basel
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, Switzerland). He is an Egyptian novelist and writer. In addition, he is one of the founders of the
literary magazine (Gallery 68) as he was one of the pioneers of the sixth literary movement. The most prominent work is (Joining the Sea) and his trilogy (1952) which was ranked by the Arab Writers Union among the best hundred Arab novels, (1954 papers) and (1981).
Bibliography
Gamil was born in Giza Governorate year 1937. He obtained various academic certificates that led him to work in several jobs. However, before graduating from his university, he worked as an account clerk specifically in textile factory (
Shubra Al Khaymah). Next, he worked as a music teacher for children as well as a teacher of
arithmetic
Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense, it also includes exponentiation, extraction of roots, and taking logarithms.
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, algebra and engineering for junior high school in Egypt. Soon, he joined Al Imam Al Asili School in Morocco (Asilah). Through this experience, he wrote his novel (Asilah). After graduating from university, he published some stories and worked as a both financial and administrative inspector in Ministry of Youth back in the sixties. After that, he remained in mass culture until he traveled to Switzerland year 1979, after moving to mass culture because of the following professors:
Naguib Maffouz,
Saad Eddin, Wahba and Yaqoub Al Shaouni. As a reporter for number of Arab newspapers, he worked and translated for the United Nations.
Works
* Joining the Sea
* The Sea is not Full
* Asilah
* Scheherazade on Geneva Lake
* The Treasure of Talking
* 1952
* 1954 Papers
* 1981
* A Palm on Edge
* Alexandria Papers
* A Matter of Barbarianism
Other works
* Side Talks (Short story collection)
* Salah Issa participated in a book (The Conspiracy, Balfour Promise) 2_11_1917
Death
Gamil died on April 10, 2020, at the age of 83, in a nursing home in the Swiss city of Basel. He spent the last two years in home after suffering from
Alzheimer's disease
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.
References
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Egyptian novelists
Egyptian male writers
1937 births
2020 deaths
People from Giza Governorate