Egyptian author and novelist.
Born May 9th, 1945 in Sohag Governorate.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 70 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon