Amin Yousseff Ghurab

Amin Yousseff Ghurab (Arabic: أمين يوسف غراب), A famous Egyptian writer and journalist was born on March 31, 1912 and died on December 27, 1970. Ghurab has written many short stories and novels, he also contributed to the editing of many Egyptian newspapers and wrote in some Arab newspapers.

Amin Yousseff Ghurab
Born31 March 1912, Desouk in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate
Died27 December 1970
NationalityEgyptian
Occupationwriter

His life

Ghurab was born in the village of Mahalah Malik, Desouk in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, then his family moved to Damanhur at an early age, and from here he was raised and later worked in Damanhur. Ghurab never went to school, he never received education in his life, nor did he read a single letter until he reached the age of seventeen, despite his growing up in a wealthy family. He began to study and learn and was reading everything that he had in his hand from Arab literature and translated Western literature. After these books he read, he started writing stories and novels. Some of books he wrote, The Closed Doors (Arabic: al'abwab almughlaqa), Tuesdays (Arabic: yawm althalathia'), Marks on the Lips (Arabic: athar ealaa alshafaah),[1] A Woman's Youth (Arabic: shabab aimra'a),[2] which has been turned into a movie starring: Taheyya Kariokka and Shoukry Sarhan.

His works

Fiction
  • The Fog (Arabic: aldabab).
  • Women in My Life (Arabic: nisa' fi hayataa).
  • Aleaziz's Woman (Arabic: aimra'at aleaziz).
  • It Happens at Night Only (Arabic: yahduth fi allayl faqat).
  • This Kind of Woman (Arabic: hadha alnawe min alnisa').[3]
  • Sit Albanat (Arabic: sit albanat).
  • Years of Love (Arabic: sanawat alhubi).
  • The Closed Doors (Arabic: al'abwab almughlaqa).[4]
  • Then Nothing (Arabic: thuma la shi).
  • It's ten o'clock (Arabic: alsaaeat taduqu aleashira).

Movies
  • 1947: Father (Arabic: al'ab).
  • 1954: Lovers' Village (Arabic: qaryat aleashaaq).
  • 1955: The sound of Anklet (Arabic: ranat alkhalkhal).
  • 1955: Let Me Live (Arabic: daeuni 'aeish).
  • 1955: Love crime (Arabic: garimat hubb).[5]
  • 1955: Sea of Love (Arabic: bahr algharam).
  • 1956: A Woman's Youth (Arabic: shabab aimra'a).
  • 1957: Teach me love (Arabic: ealamuni alhubi). [6]
  • 1957: Me and My Heart (Arabic: 'ana waqalbi).
  • 1959: Forbidden Women (Arabic: nisa' muharamat).
  • 1960: Love is back (Arabic: waead alhubu).
  • 1960: Women and Wolves (Arabic: nisa' wadhiaab).
  • 1960: My Beloved Anklet (Arabic: khalkhal habibi).
  • 1961: Sit Albanat (Arabic: sit albanat).
  • 1961: Ambassador Aziza (Arabic: alsafirat eaziza).[7]
  • 1963: Years of Love (Arabic: sanawat alhubi)[5]
  • 1963: Unforgettable love (Arabic: hubin la 'ansah).
  • 1965: All three love her (Arabic: althalathah yuhibuwnaha).
  • 1967: The Long Nights (Arabic: allayali altawila).
  • 1970: Things You Can't Buy (Arabic: 'ashya' la tushtaraa).
  • 1974: It's ten o'clock (Arabic: alsaaeat taduqu aleashira).[8]

Serials
  • 1964: Girls marriage (Arabic: jawaz albanat).
  • 1966: The Closed Doors (Arabic: al'abwab almughlaqa).
  • 1970: For Married Couples Only (Arabic: lil'azwaj faqat).

Plays
  • Sit Albanat (Arabic: sit albanat).
  • 1966: A Woman's Youth (Arabic: shabab aimra'a).[2]

Awards

Ghurab received the State Recognition awards in short story in 1964.

His death

Ghurab died on December 27, 1970 at the age of 58, after he was suffering from a severe cold, which resulted from injury severe external bleeding that claimed his life.[9]

Reverences
  1. آثار على الشفاه (in Arabic). 1962. OCLC 16845487.
  2. شباب امرأة (in Arabic). 1963. OCLC 977057377.
  3. هذا النوع من النساء (in Arabic). 1963. OCLC 8598991.
  4. الابواب المغلقة (in Arabic). 1963. OCLC 745169055.
  5. "Amin Yousseff Ghurab". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  6. "علموني الحب".
  7. "السفيرة عزيزة".
  8. "الساعة تدق العاشرة".
  9. Allal-cinemagoer (2008-07-28). "Adieu to legendary film director Youssef Chahine". Cinema and Movies. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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