Mahmud Tahir Haqqi (1884-1964[1]) was an Egyptian writer and author of one of the earliest Egyptian novels.[2] He was a founding member of the “New School” of Arabic writing.[3]

Personal life

Haqqi was from a family of Turkish origin. He was the uncle of Yahya Haqqi.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Roger (1992), "The beginnings of the Arabic novel", in Badawī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá (ed.), Modern Arabic Literature, Volume 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 190, ISBN 0521331978
  2. 1 2 Brugman, J. (1984), An introduction to the history of modern Arabic literature in Egypt, BRILL, p. 263, ISBN 90-04-07172-5, Yahya Haqqi was born in...a Turco-Egyptian family...Yahya's uncle Mahmud Tahir Haqqi, the author of one of the early Egyptian novels,...
  3. ↑ Siddiq, Muhammad (2007), Arab Culture and the Novel: Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction, Routledge, p. 27, ISBN 978-1135980511
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