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Ibrahim Aslan
Tanta, Egypt
Archival Overview
Celebrated Egyptian author and leading figure of the 'Generation of the Sixties', whose novel The Heron (Malik al-Hazin) depicted working-class Cairo and was adapted into the classic film Kit Kat.
Biographical Record
Ibrahim Aslan was born in the Nile Delta and grew up in the impoverished working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in Cairo. Self-educated, he worked as a postal and telecommunications clerk for decades, writing spare, evocative short stories about common Egyptian street life.
In 1983, Aslan published his masterpiece 'The Heron' (Malik al-Hazin), capturing the communal solidarity, humor, and despair of Imbaba on the eve of the 1977 bread riots. In 1991, director Daoud Abdel Sayed adapted the novel into 'Kit Kat' starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as blind Sheikh Hosni, creating one of modern Arab cinema's greatest box-office and critical classics.
Key Life Milestones
Publication of Malik al-Hazin (The Heron)
Published the seminal Cairo novel illuminating popular culture and urban resilience during the 1977 riots.
Cinematic Adaptation Kit Kat
Celebrated as the literary architect of Kit Kat, voted one of the top ten Egyptian films of all time.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialGiza, Egypt