What is Mohamed Hassanein Heikal?
[[File:Heikal in 1966.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mohamed Hassanein Heikal in 1966]] '''Mohamed Hassanein Heikal''' (23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an [[Egypt]]ian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the [[Cairo]] newspaper ''[[Al-Ahram]]''. He was a commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4273924,00.html There isn't a target in Afghanistan worth a $1m missile] - Mohamed Heikal, the Arab world's foremost political commentator, Guardian, Stephen Moss, October 10, 2001</ref> He was born in [[Cairo]], Egypt. Heikal died in Cairo, Egypt from [[renal failure]] on 17 February 2016. He was aged 92. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mohamed+Hassanein+Heikal%22%20site:weekly.ahram.org.eg Various articles, ''Al-Ahram Weekly''] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heikal, Mohamed Hassanein}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:Egyptian journalists]] [[Category:Writers from Cairo]] {{bio-stub}}