Nabil Farouk Ramadan Bayoumi Ramadan ( ar, نبيل فاروق رمضان بيومي رمضان ) (9 February 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Egyptian novelist. best known for his books in the '' Rewayāt Masreyya Lel Gēb'' (''Egyptian Pocket Novels'') series. He was born in the Egyptian city of Tanta, and first showed an interest in reading at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents, he made his first attempts at writing at the age of about thirteen, and in high school joined journalism, photography, and theatre workgroups. He received his

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

from the

University of Tanta Tanta University is an Egyptian university in the city of Tanta, Al Gharbiyah governorate, Egypt. The university is under the direct scientific supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded first in 1962 as a branch from the ...

in 1980. Just a year before his graduation, he received an award from the Cultural Centre of Tanta for his novel ''The Prophecy'', which was later published as the first book of his ''

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'' series. He started writing ''Rewayat'' by following an advertisement in the ''World of Books'' magazine, saying that the

Modern Arab Association The Modern Arab Association (Arabic: المؤسسة العربية الحديثة, Al-Muʾassasa al-ʿArabiyya al-Ḥadītha; The Modern Arabic Institute) is an Egyptian publishing house. Established by Hamdi Mustafa in 1960, it published refer ...

was seeking science fiction novelists. He submitted his novel ''Ray of Death'', and it was published a year later as the first book in ''

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'' (''The Future File'') series. Soon afterwards, he started on his other main series of novels, ''

Ragol Al Mostaheel Ragol Al Mostaheel () (also transliterated as Rajul al Mustaheel) (The Man of the Impossible) is an action series of books written by Egyptian author Nabil Farouk and published by Modern Arab Association as a part of Rewayat. 160 titles were pub ...

'' (''The Man of the Impossible''), which is said to be based on the actual exploits of an Egyptian Central Intelligence agent called A.S. (alias:

Adham Sabri Ragol Al Mostaheel () (also transliterated as Rajul al Mustaheel) (The Man of the Impossible) is an action series of books written by Egyptian author Nabil Farouk and published by Modern Arab Association as a part of Rewayat. 160 titles were publ ...

). He was a doctor, but was not practising medicine, being devoted full-time to his writing. Other than his series, he wrote articles for two newspapers and three magazines, and started working on scripts for television series after finishing two films scripts, with a third one in progress. A new novel of (The Man of the Impossible) (Ragol Al Mostaheel) will be released titled ن-٣, which in arabic symbolizes the third best hero in the general intelligence, through which ن-٣ will reveal, with his unique skills and exceptional abilities, the answers to many questions related to the previous issues.

Series

* ''

'' (''The Man of the Impossible''). * ''

'' (''The Future Archive''). * ''

''. * ''Fares Al Andalus'' (''The Knight of Andalusia''). * ''Harb Al jwasees'' (''The War Of The Spies''). * ''Zohoor'' (''Flowers'') * ''Saif Al Adala'' (''The sword of justice'')

References

External links

Nabil Farouk official website.

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