Mahmoud Al-Wardani
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Mahmoud Al-Wardani | |
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| Born | January 1, 1950 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupations | writer, narrator, storyteller and journalist |
Mahmoud Al-Wardani (Arabic: محمود الورداني; born January 1, 1950) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, storyteller and journalist. He participated in the October War in 1973, co-founded the newspaper Akhbar Al-Adab. Some of his short stories where translated to French and English.[1][2][3]
He was born on January 1, 1950, in the Shubra neighborhood of Cairo. He was orphaned at a young age and forced to work. He sold ice, worked in a laundry, a cane juice shop, a café, then a studio.
He then started writing. He published his first novel work in the 1980s. He joined the student council and participated in a political debate.
He graduated from the Institute of Social Work in 1972. He was arrested that after a student protest. He remained affiliated with the Egyptian left and aligned with his class, which he remained defending and speaking in his novels and anecdotal works. He claimed to see no conflict between the ideology of the writer and his political and intellectual views. He claimed that the saying "ideology in literature is like impurities in gold" was false. He joined many secret organizations such as Hadto Organization which he wrote about in Hadto: A Biography of a Communist Organization (Original title: Hdtw: Syrt Ddhatyt Lmnzmt Shywey). He joined the "Kefaya" movement against corruption and participated in the era of late President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, and in demonstrations against corruption and the Presidential succession. In the 25 January 2011 revolution, since its early days, which ended with Mubarak's resignation.[4][5][6]
