Mohamed Hassanein Heikal on the United States

The renowned Egyptian journalist and commentator Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (b. 1923) is arguably the doyen of Arab writers critical of the United States. Heikal's career as an author spans more than half a century and his access to regional and international audiences has been greatly enhanced i...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Baroudi, Sami E. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer (author)
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منشور في: 2014
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2014.941820
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263206.2014.941820
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Baroudi, S. E., & Skulte-Ouaiss, J. (2015). Mohamed Hassanein Heikal on the United States: The Critical Discourse of a Leading Arab Intellectual. Middle Eastern Studies, 51(1), 93-114.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2014.941820
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