• Name :
• Mustafa Ameen

• Birth Date :
• 21 February 1914

• Nationality :
• Egypt

An Egyptian journalist and writer, born in Cairo, on February 21, 1914. He and his twin brother Ali Amin were born in the house of their mother's uncle, the leader Saad Zaghloul....Read more He joined the Faculty of Law in 1953, then traveled to the USA, where he joined Georgetown University, obtaining a master's degree in political science in 1938, and then returned to Egypt and worked as a journalism teacher at the American University in Cairo for four years. In 1930, he joined Rosa El Youssef magazine, then participated with Mohamed El Tabii in issuing the magazine Akher Saa. On November 11, 1944, the Amin brothers issued the first issue of Akhbar El Yom newspaper, then El Tabii sold them the Akher Saa magazine to become part of the Akhbar El Yom press institution, until the nationalization of the press was announced in 1961. In the sixties, he was accused of spying for the American intelligence, and opinions still vary in this regard, as Amin repeatedly confirmed that the case was fabricated, while Salah Nasr, the former Egyptian intelligence director, stressed its factuality in his book Agents of Treason and Untruthful Talk, stressing that Amin's relationship with the American intelligence actually, but the case actually ended with President Sadat releasing him in 1975 after mediation by Umm Kulthum. He wrote several films, including: Fatima (1947),The Enchanting Star (1967),and First Year of Love (1976). While his novels His Majesty, the Love, and No were turned into television series in the years 1978 and 1994. He died in Cairo, on April 13, 1997.