Youssef Idris was one of the most prominent figures in Arabic literature in the twentieth century. He was born in 1927 and received medical training, and his first collection of short stories was published in 1956. In 1960, he left medicine to become editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Al-Gomhouria in Cairo, and continued to write and publish prolifically until his death in 1991. His novel, “City of Love and Ashes,” was published in English by the American University in Cairo Press in 1998.
Yusuf Idris
يوسف إدريس
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Youssef Idris was one of the most prominent figures in Arabic literature in the twentieth century. He was born in 1927 and received medical training, and his first collection of short stories was published in 1956. In 1960, he left medicine to become editor-in-chief of the daily…