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Abbas el-Akkad

Egyptian writer (1889-1964).

Born June 28th, 1889 in Aswan.

Died March 13th, 1964 at 74 years old in Cairo.

Occupations
historian, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, poet, teacher, writer

It’s better to burn out than to fade away. Neil Young