Death of Sonallah Ibrahim: A great voice of Egyptian literature has passed away
Sonallah Ibrahim died this Wednesday, August 13. The Egyptian press paid tribute to the country's great writer, born in 1937, who left his mark on Arab literature with his courage and moral rectitude.
“Egypt has not only lost a great author, it has also lost a model of integrity – proof of what Egyptian literature can represent when it refuses to be complacent,” laments journalist Lina El-Wardani on the website of the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram , which pays tribute to the writer Sonallah Ibrahim. Since the announcement on Wednesday, August 13, of his death at the age of 88 by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, expressions of respect have been pouring in from the Arab press.
He was “one of the most uncompromising voices in Arabic literature.” “Remarkably approachable despite his immense reputation, he never failed to encourage young authors.” Lina El-Wardani, who interviewed him several times, “appreciated him enormously on a personal level, as he was warm, close to the people, and genuine,” and was deeply influenced, like many Egyptians, by his work.
Born in Cairo in 1937, Sonallah Ibrahim “was known throughout the Arab world for his chronicles of social injustice, his refined, documentary-like style, and his fierce independence,” reports Al-Araby Al Jadeed .
“His works – where the intimate and the political merge – highlight the struggles of the postcolonial Arab world, notably c
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